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Mama, PhD - Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life (Paperback)
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Mama, PhD - Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life (Paperback)
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"Through the voices of those who have weathered the storm, Mama,
PhD provides invaluable lessons for young scholars-both men and
women-striving to navigate family and academic careers."-Robert
Drago, author of Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life "All those
sleepless nights and dirty diapers and baby food in your
hair-where's the discursive construction of motherhood when you
need it? It's here, in these smart, funny, poignant essays that
struggle to balance mind and body, to balance body and
soul."-Catherine Newman, PhD, author of Waiting for Birdy: A Year
of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a
Family "I wish I had this book in the late 1970s when I was a young
untenured professor trying to teach five sections of composition
and raise a new (adopted) baby. The tales in Mama, PhD could have
served as a virtual consciousness raising group for me as I toiled
away in academia. Happily the book is available today for women
trying to balance the pulls of motherhood and career."-Nan
Bauer-Maglin, author of Cut Loose: (Mostly) Older Women Talk about
the End of (Mostly) Long-Term Relationships Every year, American
universities publish glowing reports stating their commitment to
diversity, often showing statistics of female hires as proof of
success. Yet, academic life remains overwhelmingly a man's world
and the presence of women, specifically those with children, in the
ranks of tenured faculty has not increased in a generation. This
anthology explores the continued inequality of the sexes in higher
education and suggests changes that could make universities more
family-friendly workplaces. Candid, provocative, and sometimes with
a wry sense of humor, the essays speak to and offer support for any
woman attempting to combine work and family. Elrena Evans received
her MFA in creative writing from The Pennsylvania State University.
Her work appears in such journals as Literary Mama, Brain, Child,
Hip Mama, and the anthology Twentysomething Essays by
Twentysomething Writers. Caroline Grant is an editor and columnist
for Literary Mama. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from
the University of California at Berkeley.
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