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Academic Motherhood Tells The Story Of One Hundred Women Who Are Both Professors And Mothers And How They Navigated Their Professional Lives At Different Career Stages. It Is Based On A Longitudinal Study That Asks How Women Faculty On The Tenure Track Manage Work And Family In Their Early Careers When Their Children Are Under The Age Of Five, And Again In Mid-career When Their Children Are Older. Policy Recommendations That Support Faculty With Children And Mechanisms For Problem-solving At Personal, Departmental, Institutional, And National Levels Are Provided. Motherhood And An Academic Career: A Negotiable Road -- Origins Of The Study -- Understanding The Existing Narratives And Counternarratives -- Managing Work And Family In The Early Career -- Mid-career Perspectives On Work And Family -- The Role Of Disciplinary And Departmental Contexts -- Institutional Type Differences -- Social Capital And Dual Careers -- Leaving The Tenure Track -- Policy Perspectives -- Conclusions, Recommendations, And Parting Thoughts. Kelly Ward And Lisa Wolf-wendel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Author

Kelly Ward and Lisa Wolf-Wendel

Publisher

New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813553214

Subjects

Science, Education