Academic Motherhood tells the story of over one hundred women who are both professors and mothers and examines how they navigated their professional lives at di

Every year, American universities publish glowing reports stating their commitment to diversity, often showing statistics of female hires as proof of success. Y

Featuring forthright testimonials by women who are or have been mothers as undergraduates, graduate students, academic staff, administrators, and professors, Mo

Teacher, Scholar, Mother advances a more productive conversation across disciplines on motherhood through its discussion on intersecting axes of power and privi

Contributors detail what it means to be an academic mother and to think about academic motherhood, while also exploring both the personal and specific instituti