Roundtable: PhD Mama--Balancing Motherhood and the Academy

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This session focuses on the challenges and strategies on balancing a family within the academy? How do you negotiate maternity leave? What issues do you face in balancing the demands of workload and parenting? How do you balance your identity and the role of motherhood while maintaining your academic self? Each of the panelists became mothers during different stages of our academic careers and will share the challenges we've faced as we've balanced our roles of motherhood and family within our research and teaching demands

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Chair

• Jill Rosenbaum, California State University, Fullerton

Individual Presentations

• PhD Mama: Balancing Motherhood and the Academy - Denise Paquette Boots, University of Texas at Dallas; Jill Rosenbaum, California State University, Fullerton; Amanda Burgess-Proctor, Oakland University; Stacy Mallicoat, California State University, Fullerton