Mothering in the Ivy Tower: Interviews with Academic Mothers

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2003

Publication Source

Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering

Volume Number

5

Issue Number

2

First Page

63

Last Page

75

Publisher

York University

Abstract

From the outside a college faculty position looks like an ideal work environment for women who are mothers: a flexible schedule, autonomy, interaction with other adults, rewards for writing and researching topics of interest. Academic women, however, often perceive traditional faculty careers and research agen- das to be incompatible with having and raising children (Harper, Baldwin, Gansneder and Chronister, 2001). The purpose of this study is to explore how academic women construct the meaning of motherhood. Is the meaning of motherhood constructed by academic mothers incompatible with academe? Do academic mothers construct motherhood differently than other employed mothers?

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