{"id":968,"date":"2008-06-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=968"},"modified":"2008-06-30T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T12:00:00","slug":"postacademic-momitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2008\/06\/30\/postacademic-momitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Postacademic Momitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Academia is still in many ways a man’s world, and I’m thrilled to offer this post on a just-released anthology that constitutes a truly important contribution: Mama PhD: Women Write about Motherhood and Academic Life<\/span><\/a>. A copy just reached me and it’s now available at stores.<\/p>\n

I’m WAY impressed with these ladies’ marketing savvy. Check out the book blog,<\/a> the blog at Inside Higher Ed<\/a>, the excerpt<\/a>, and the shop <\/a>(complete with Mama, PhD t-shirts–“let the world know you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got it going on, body and brain”–hats, bags, mugs, beer steins and even license plate holders)–and take notes!<\/p>\n

Elrena Evans and Caroline Grant, author of Literary Mama’s popular Mama at the Movies column<\/a>, are the masterminds behind the project, and for those in the Bay Area, you can catch Caroline reading with a number of other Literary Mama editors and columnists at Book Passage in Corte Madera on Saturday, August 9th at 1pm. There’s a review by Bob Drago over at Activistas<\/a>, and for a sneak peak, here’s a quick overview of the different sections:<\/p>\n

Part I: The Conversation<\/strong>
This section contains essays representing the variety of choices women have to make as they enter academia, and the struggles and losses encountered as a result of each choice. Selected essays include topics such as:
~ choosing to have children and an academic career, in a range of fashions
~ choosing not to have children in favor of an academic career
~ choosing to delay having children in favor of an academic career<\/p>\n

Part II: That Mommy Thing<\/strong>
In this section, women write about pursuing both academic careers and motherhood. Essays feature women who have experienced:
~ children before and during graduate school or the dissertation process
~ children during job searches or new appointments
~ children and the tenure track process<\/p>\n

Part III: Recovering Academic<\/strong>
This section features essays from women who are redefining themselves and their careers after a period within the ivory tower. Essays talk about women who have:
~ left the academy after landing a tenure-track job
~ left the academy after achieving tenure
~ moved from teaching positions to administrative work or independent scholarship<\/p>\n

Part IV: Momifesto<\/strong>
Having delved into the realms of motherhood in, out, and on the periphery of the academy, this section offers hope for the possibility of a different future, as contributors envision:
~ changes toward family-friendly university settings
~ changes in the economic structure of the academy to benefit mothers
~ changes in the tenure structure that would benefit mothers<\/p>\n

Big kudos to Rutgers University Press for taking this project on. For another great contribution to the worklife debate as it hits academics, see the National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife,<\/a> created by the Center for the Education of Women at my alma mater the University of Michigan. The clearinghouse is a repository of articles, research & policy reports, policies, demographics, links, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Academia is still in many ways a man’s world, and I’m thrilled to offer this post on a just-released anthology that constitutes a truly important contribution: Mama PhD: Women Write about Motherhood and Academic Life. A copy just reached me and it’s now available at stores. I’m WAY impressed with these ladies’ marketing savvy. Check […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[400],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}