Maike Ingrid Philipsen is Professor in Foundations of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught social foundations courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels since 1993. She is the author of Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women (Jossey-Bass, 2008) and co-author, with Timothy B. Bostic, of Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance (Jossey-Bass, 2010).