Parenting While PhDing: Surviving and Improving the Working Conditions of Graduate Student Parents

Author:   Jackie Hoermann-Elliott ,  Jenna Morton-Aiken ,  Caroline Grant ,  Judith Chriqui Benchimol
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
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Pages:   316
Publication Date:   31 July 2025
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Author:   Jackie Hoermann-Elliott ,  Jenna Morton-Aiken ,  Caroline Grant ,  Judith Chriqui Benchimol
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781978843752


ISBN 10:   1978843755
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   31 July 2025
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
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Foreword by Caroline Grant Change the Conversation: An Introduction, Jackie Hoermann-Elliott and Jenna Morton-Aiken   Part 1: Stay Alive Chapter 1: Embrace the Multiplicities: How Internarrative Identity Theory Transformed My PhD Journey, Judith Chriqui Benchimol Chapter 2: Leverage Your Assets: How Parenting Shapes (and Benefits) Our Scholarly Identities, Jennifer C. Judd, Whitney Zahar Rich, and Alicia C. Beretta Chapter 3: Be Your Own Advocate: Prioritizing Self as a Pregnant PhD Student, Elizabeth M. Williams Chapter 4: This Too Shall Pass: Strategies for Mothering While Studying as a Distance-Learning Graduate Student, Elise A. Green Chapter 5: Just Be Okay: A Reflection on Pandemic Parenting, Burnout, and Healing, Emily Gresbrink Chapter 6: Speak Out: Dismantling Master Narratives and Toxic Work Culture, Keith Jackson Chapter 7: Send Away the Cucuy: One Mom’s Journey Through Graduate School While Battling False Expectations, Karen Tellez-Trujillo Chapter 8: Orale! Apply and Earn Tu Degree: Parenting While a (Chicana!) Doctoral Student, Dalel Serda Chapter 9: Stay Alive: A Black Mother’s Responsibility to Ride Grief’s Hills and Live, Lisa E. Wright   Part 2: Your Body Has Other Plans Chapter 10: “A Lot of Us Can Swim”: One Queer Student’s Advice for Mentoring Pregnant and Parenting Graduate Students, Rachael Jordan Chapter 11: Expect the Unexpected: Navigating the Early Dilemmas of Becoming a Graduate Student Parent, Laura Fitzwater Gonzalez Chapter 12: Do Have Kids in Graduate School: Resisting Chilly Advice and Treatment in Graduate School for Prospective Parents, Natasha Trace Robinson Chapter 13: “Send Those Damned Emails”: Experiences and Advice from My Premature Birth, Tiffani K. Tijerina Chapter 14: Don’t Divide Yourself: Building Hybrid Work Practices to Reconcile the Competing Identities of Graduate-Student Parents, Jennifer Burke Reifman Chapter 15: Your Body has Other Plans: Finding Support and Forgiveness for Morning Sickness, Kathryn Lafferty-Danner   Part 3: Juggle What Matters Chapter 16: “Go to F*cking Disney World”: Establishing a Work/Life Balance and Learning When to Say “No”, James B. Harr, III Chapter 17: Cobble Together the Village: Securing Childcare as Graduate Student Parents, Calvin Olsen Chapter 18: The World Won’t Pause: What to Expect When Co-Navigating the Academic and Professional Job Market with a Newborn, Daniel Henke and Erin Henke Chapter 19: Reframe the Narrative: A Conversation on Navigating Childcare in a PhD Program, Camila Ring, Brita Thielen, and Hayley Verdi Chapter 20: Know When to Move: Intentionally Choosing When to Share News of Fostering with Your Committee, Aleashia Walton Valentin Chapter 21: Find Ways to Shift: Reimagining Labor in the Postpartum Period Amidst the PhD, Courney Lund O’Neill Chapter 22: Give Yourself a Break: Juggling Rugrats, Experiencing Regrets, April Cobos, Daniel L. Hocutt, and Megan McKittrick Chapter 23: Create a Toolkit: How we Developed Practices of Care to Survive as First-Gen GTA Parents, Danielle M. Koepke and Gitte Frandsen Chapter 24: Juggle What Matters: An Autoethnography of a Graduate Student Mom, Educator, and Caretaker, Celeste L. Graham   Part 4: Push Back Chapter 25: You Can be Both: Navigating Complementary not Contradictory Roles as a Conservative Muslim Mother and Academic, Nabila Hijazi Chapter 26: You Don’t have to Keep Going: Reflections on Navigating Crises and Precarity as an Excluded Scholar, Amie McLean Chapter 27: Know the Problem Isn’t You: Addressing Systemic Barriers for Parents in PhD Programs, Lourdes Fernandez, Jessica McCaughey, and Rachael Graham Lussos Chapter 28: Question Normative Tropes: Possibilities for Queer Parenting in Graduate Programs, Beth Buyserie Chapter 29: Get Rid of the Gauntlet: Redefining a Scientist’s Parenting Experience in Academia, Kristin L. Osborne Chapter 30: Push Back: Identifying and Handling Retaliation in Order to Stop A Leaky Pipeline, Siham Lekchiri and  Barbara A.W. Eversole   Part 5: Leave a Note Chapter 31: There’s Never a Good Time: Navigating Graduate Medical Education while Pregnant, Stephanie L. Graff, MD Chapter 32: Things Don’t Always Go According to Plan: Navigating Pregnancy Loss and Challenging the Culture of Silence as a PhD Candidate, Mariya Tseptsura Chapter 33: Investigate and Invest in Supportive Spaces: Doctoral Programs that Accept and Enhance the Experiences of Graduate Student Parents, Morgan Buchs, Rachel Flynn, Laura Leigh Menard, and Brandie Bohney Chapter 34: It’s Not All Sunshine and Rainbows: Emotional Labor and Mentoring in the Writing Center, Jennifer Phillips-Denny Chapter 35: My Place in the Wolfpack: The Importance of Cultivating MyPacks and Providing Student Parents with Opportunities to Belonging, Jacqueline Cerda-Smith Chapter 36: Race at Your Own Pace: A Story of How Caregiving Sometimes Means Changing Lanes or Start Times in Graduate School, Joan Jiyoung Hwang Chapter 37: Lean On: Planning for, Insisting On, and Accepting Support, Sara Bartlett Large Chapter 38: Leave a Note: Powering Through an Academic Job Market as a Breastfeeding Mom, Danielle DeVasto Closing Thoughts: From Survival to Self-Preservation, Jenna Morton-Aiken Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index Foreword by Caroline Grant xiii Change the Conversation: An Introduction 1 Jackie Hoermann-Elliott and Jenna Morton-Aiken Part I: Stay Alive 1 Embrace the Multiplicities: How Internarrative Identity Theory Transformed My PhD Journey 17 Judith Chriqui Benchimol 2 Leverage Your Assets: How Parenting Shapes (and Benefits) Our Scholarly Identities 22 Jennifer C. Judd, Whitney Zahar Rich, and Alicia Christine Beretta 3 Be Your Best Advocate: Prioritizing Self as a Pregnant PhD Student 31 Elizabeth M. Williams 4 This Too Shall Pass: Strategies for Mothering While Studying as a Distance-Learning Graduate Student 39 Elise A. Green 5 Just Be Okay: A Reflection on Pandemic Parenting, Burnout, and Healing 47 Emily Gresbrink 6 Keep a Labor Log: Analyzing Master Narratives about Time and Toxic Work Culture 56 Keith Jackson 7 Send Away the Cucuy: One Mom’s Journey through Graduate School While Battling False Expectations 65 Karen Tellez-Trujillo 8 Órale! Apply and Earn Tu Degree: Parenting While a (Chicana!) Doctoral Student 74 Dalel Serda 9 Stay Alive: A Black Mother’s Responsibility to Ride Grief ’s Hills and Live 81 Lisa E. Wright Part II: Your Body Has Other Plans 10 “A Lot of Us Can Swim”: One Queer Student’s Advice for Mentoring Pregnant and Parenting Graduate Students 91 Rachael Jordan 11 Expect the Unexpected: Navigating the Early Dilemmas of Becoming a Graduate Student Parent 100 Laura Fitzwater Gonzales 12 Do Have Kids in Graduate School: Resisting Chilly Advice to and Treatment of Prospective Parents in Graduate School 108 Natasha Trace Robinson 13 Send Those Damned Emails: Experiences and Advice from My Premature Delivery 117 Tiffani K. Tijerina 14 Don’t Divide Yourself: Building Hybrid Work Practices to Reconcile the Competing Identities of Graduate Student Parents 125 Jennifer Burke Reifman 15 Your Body Has Other Plans: Finding Support and Forgiveness for Morning Sickness 131 Kate Lafferty-Danner Part III: Juggle What Matters 16 “Go to F-cking Disney World”: Establishing a Work-Life Balance and Learning When to Say No 139 James B. Harr III 17 Cobble Together the Village: Securing Childcare as Graduate Student Parents 145 Calvin Olsen 18 The World Won’t Pause: What to Expect When Co-Navigating the Academic and Professional Job Market with a Newborn 153 Daniel Henke and Erin Henke 19 Reframe the Narrative: A Conversation on Navigating Childcare in a PhD Program 160 Camila Ring, Brita M. Thielen, and Hayley E. Verdi 20 Know When to Move: Intentionally Choosing When to Share News of Fostering with Your Committee 168 Aleashia Walton Valentin 21 Find Ways to Shift: Reimagining Labor in the Postpartum Period amid the PhD 177 Courtney Lund O’Neil 22 Give Yourself a Break: Juggling Rugrats, Experiencing Regrets, and Cultivating Compassionate Community 182 April Cobos, Daniel L. Hocutt, and Megan L. McKittrick 23 Create a Toolkit: How We Developed Practices of Care to Survive as First-Gen GTA Parents 191 Danielle Marie Koepke and Gitte Frandsen 24 Juggle What Matters: An Autoethnography of a Graduate School Mom, Educator, and Caretaker 200 Celeste L. Graham Part IV: Push Back 25 You Can Be Both: Navigating Complementary, not Contradictory Roles as a Conservative Muslim Mother and Academic 209 Nabila Hijazi 26 You Don’t Have to Keep Going: Reflections on Navigating Crises and Precarity as an Excluded Scholar 217 Amie McLean 27 Know the Problem Isn’t You: Addressing Systemic Barriers for Parents in PhD Programs 229 Lourdes Fernandez, Jessica McCaughey, and Rachael Graham Tin 28 Question Normative Tropes: Possibilities for Queer Parenting in Graduate Programs 240 Beth Buyserie 29 Get Rid of the Gauntlet: Redefining a Scientist’s Parenting Experience in Academia 249 Kristin L. Osborne 30 Push Back: Identifying and Handling Retaliation in Order to Stop a Leaky Pipeline 256 Siham Lekchiri and Barbara A. W. Eversole Part V: Leave a Note 31 There’s Never a Good Time: Navigating Graduate Medical Education While Pregnant 267 Stephanie L. Graff 32 Things Don’t Always Go According to Plan: Navigating Pregnancy Loss and Challenging the Culture of Silence as a PhD Candidate 276 Mariya Tseptsura 33 Investigate and Invest in Supportive Spaces: Doctoral Programs That Accept and Enhance the Experiences of Graduate Student Parents 284 Morgan Buchs, Rachel Flynn, Laura Leigh Menard, and Brandie Bohney 34 It’s Not All Sunshine and Rainbows: Mentoring Graduate Student Parents in the Writing Center 293 Jennifer Phillips-Denny 35 My Place in the Wolfpack: The Importance of Cultivating MyPacks and Providing Student Parents with Opportunities to Belong 302 Jacqueline Cerda-Smith 36 Race at Your Own Pace: A Story of How Caregiving Sometimes Means Changing Lanes or Start Times in Graduate School 311 Joan Jiyoung Hwang 37 Lean On: Planning for, Insisting On, and Accepting Support 319 Sara Bartlett Large 38 Leave a Note: Powering through an Academic Job Market As a Breastfeeding Mom 330 Danielle DeVasto Closing Thoughts: From Survival to Self-Preservation 337 Jenna Morton-Aiken Appendix A: Jenna’s Self-Preservation Toolkit 343 Appendix B: Out-of- Office Replies from Stephanie Graff, MD 348 Appendix C: Labor Log Template from Keith Jackson 351 Acknowledgments 353 Notes on Contributors 355 Index 000

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""Parenting While PhDing is an invaluable resource that delves into the multifaceted experiences of graduate student parents, offering practical strategies and heartfelt narratives. This book is particularly beneficial for academic professionals, administrators, and graduate students who seek to understand and support the delicate balance of parenting and academic pursuits from a graduate student perspective. Its strength lies in its diverse perspectives and actionable advice, making it an essential guide for fostering a more inclusive and supportive academic environment."" -- Lisa Wolf-Wendel * coauthor of Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family * ""Parenting While PhDing is an invaluable resource that delves into the multifaceted experiences of graduate student parents, offering practical strategies and heartfelt narratives. This book is particularly beneficial for academic professionals, administrators, and graduate students who seek to understand and support the delicate balance of parenting and academic pursuits from a graduate student perspective. Its strength lies in its diverse perspectives and actionable advice, making it an essential guide for fostering a more inclusive and supportive academic environment."" -- Lisa Wolf-Wendel * coauthor of Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family *


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JACKIE HOERMANN-ELLIOTT is an associate professor of English at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas, where she serves as the director of first-year writing. She is the author of Running, Thinking, Writing: Embodied Cognition in Composition.   JENNA MORTON-AIKEN is a lecturer in English at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where she serves as senior associate director for writing and English language support.

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