Teacher, Scholar, Mother

Re-Envisioning Motherhood in the Academy

Contributions by Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum, M. Cristina Alcalde, Allison Antink-Meyer, Cynthia J. Atman, Sara M. Childers, Layne Craig, Martha Kalnin Diede, Erin Graybill Ellis, Jessica Smartt Gullion Texas Woman's University;, Celeste Hanna, Dustin Harp University of Texas at Ar, Andrea N. Hunt, Susan V. Iverson Manhattanville College, Elisabeth G. Kraus, Catherine A.F. MacGillivray, Marissa McClure, Brook Sattler, Christin Seher, Caroline Smith, Erin Tremblay Ponnou-Delaffon, Jennifer Turns, Tracy Rundstrom Williams Edited by Anna M. Young

Publication date:

08 October 2015

Length of book:

302 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

236x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781498503402

Teacher, Scholar, Mother advances a more productive conversation across disciplines on motherhood through its discussion on intersecting axes of power and privilege. This multi- and trans-disciplinary book features mother scholars who bring their theoretical and disciplinary lenses to bear on questions of identity, practice, policy, institutional memory, progress, and the gendered notion of parenting that still pervades the modern academy.
Much of the literature in on being a mother in academe breaks down the various -- usually negative -- ways women’s careers are impacted by having children, and then suggests ways in which colleges and universities can better support academic moms. And if you’re looking for another book like that, Teacher, Scholar, Mother: Re-Envisioning Motherhood in the Academy isn’t for you. Instead of a quantitative or qualitative study of its subject matter, the book instead explores what it means to be a mother in academe through firsthand accounts collected by editor Anna M. Young. . . .The recurrent theme -- that living a life of the mind while changing diapers, attending kids’ soccer games and trying to raise good human beings is both challenging and enriching to all pursuits -- rings true.