Academic Motherhood : How Faculty Manage Work and Family.

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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 w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ward, Kelly (Kelly Anne)
Other Authors: Wolf-Wendel, Lisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Working mothers > United States.
Work and family > United States.
Women in higher education > United States > Social conditions.
Women college teachers > United States > Social conditions.
Mères au travail > États-Unis.
Travail et familles > États-Unis.
Femmes dans l'enseignement supérieur > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Professeures (Enseignement supérieur) > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Women college teachers > Social conditions.
Work and family.
Working mothers.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Motherhood and an Academic Career: A Negotiable Goal; Chapter 2. Origins of the Study; Chapter 3. Understanding the Existing Narratives and Counternarratives; Chapter 4. Managing Work and Family in the Early Career; Chapter 5. Mid-Career Perspectives on Work and Family; Chapter 6. The Role of Disciplinary and Departmental Contexts; Chapter 7. Institutional Type Differences; Chapter 8. Social Capital and Dual Careers; Chapter 9. Leaving the Tenure Track; Chapter 10. Policy Perspectives.
  • Chapter 11. Conclusions, Recommendations, and Parting ThoughtsReferences; Index; About the Authors.

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