Narratives of Academic Mothers’ Lived Experiences
Contradictions, Complexities and Challenges
Narratives of Academic Mothers’ Lived Experiences
Contradictions, Complexities and Challenges
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This book provides theoretically informed personal narratives of fifteen 'Academic Mothers' working in universities in various countries. The narratives of these mothers focus on their professional experiences and how these are influenced by their identity/role as mothers. This book is an invaluable resource for other academic mothers as they may find the narratives could help them negotiate their own conflicts and challenges through the life stories from across the world captured in this book. The international narratives highlight the commonalities and differences in the struggles experienced by academic mothers with their unique contexts. This book contributes to our collective understanding of the challenges experienced by academic mothers in their professional contexts owing to motherhood as they navigate their way through the ever-increasing demands of the higher education contexts.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Part I: Academic Mothers: The Story So Far
1. Academic Mothers: What do We Know and What Remains to be Known?, Lindsey Light (University Of Dayton, USA) and Anesa Hosein (University Of Surrey, UK)
Part II: Perspectives From Around the World
2. 'Successful Women, Super Women, Prototypical Women': Negotiating the Work-Life Boundaries in Academic Mothers' Role, Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook (National University Of Singapore) and Wu Siew Mei (National University Of Singapore)
3: Motherhood and Academia: A Brazilian Experience, Soraia Chung Saura (University Of São Paulo, Brazil) & Ana Cristina Zimmermann, (University Of São Paulo, Brazil)
4: M/Other, Lynette Longaretti (Deakin University, Australia)
5. It Takes a Village: An Experience Of Mothering in Academia, Deanne Gannaway (University of Queensland, Australia)
6. My PhD Journey: Navigating Parenting and Studies as an Immigrant in South Africa, Hellen Agumba (University Of Johannesburg, South Africa)
7. Dr Mama Shashi: Aligning Professional and Mothering Philosophies, Praxis and Values for Personal-As-Professional Transformation, Shashi Cullinan Cook (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa)
8. In Search of Belonging: Transitions in the Life of One Academic Mother, Cate Carroll-Meehan (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
9. Exploring the Interplay between Academic Work, Domestic Abuse and Single Motherhood, Corinne Nativel (University Paris-East Créteil, France)
10. A Phd is Born: Motherhood, Friends and Academia in France, Jessica Thrasher Chenot (Université De Rouen Normandie, France)
11. No Vacation from Being an Academic Mother, Even in the Caribbean!, Amalia Hosein and Kelly Kingon (University Of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago)
12. Beyond Invisible: The Case Of Bereaved Mothers in Academia, Giuditta Caliendo (University Of Lille, France)
13. A Two-Edged Sword: Being A Non-Tenure Track Academic (Single) Mother, Lindsey Light (University Of Dayton, USA)
Part III: Academic Mothers: The Way Forward
14. Academic Mothers: Implications for Practice, Lindsey Light (University Of Dayton, USA) and Namrata Rao (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
Product details
| Published | Sep 03 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350457782 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 15 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | Bloomsbury Gender and Education |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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