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Author: Kerry F. Crawford ,
Leah C. Windsor ,
Amanda Murdie ,
Whitney Pirtle
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Imprint: Georgetown University Press
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9781647120665
ISBN 10: 1647120667
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 October 2021
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Impressively informative, exceptionally well organized and presented, The PhD Parenthood Trap: Caught Between Work and Family in Academia is especially recommended reading for scholars, academic mentors, and university administrators who would benefit from empirical evidence and suggested steps to break down personal and structural barriers between parenthood and scholarly careers. * Midwest Book Review * The PhD Parenthood Trap: Caught Between Work and Family in Academia, is a valuable source of guidance for current academic parents, parents who are considering an academic career, or academics looking to grow their family. * Higher Education Quarterly * The PhD Parenthood Trap is truly a multi-faceted book. It is a significant piece of scholarship on the state of the profession and academia's (in)ability to support its teacher-scholars. * Journal of Political Science Education * In summary, The PhD Parenthood Trap is a must-read for higher education faculty and other professionals who seek to understand and ameliorate the difficulties that parents-especially mothers-face in starting families while pursuing academic careers. * Harvard Educational Review *
Impressively informative, exceptionally well organized and presented, The PhD Parenthood Trap: Caught Between Work and Family in Academia is especially recommended reading for scholars, academic mentors, and university administrators who would benefit from empirical evidence and suggested steps to break down personal and structural barriers between parenthood and scholarly careers. * Midwest Book Review *
Author Information
Kerry F. Crawford is an associate professor of political science at James Madison University. She is the author of Wartime Sexual Violence (Georgetown University Press, 2017) and Human Security: Theory and Action. She is the mother of three young children. Leah C. Windsor is a research associate professor in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. She directs the Languages Across Cultures lab and is the author of numerous studies at the intersection of linguistics and political science. She is the mother of two young children.
