Academic Motherhood

KELLY WARD is chair of the department of educational leadership and counseling psychology at Washington State University. She is the author of Faculty Service Roles and the Scholarship of Engagement and the co-author of Developing New Faculty as Teachers and Scholars.LISA WOLF-WENDEL is a professor in the department of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Kansas. She is the co-author of several books, including The Two-Body Problem: Dual Career Couple Hiring Policies in Higher Education and Taking Women Seriously: Lessons and Legacies for Educating the Majority.

• Acknowledgments1. Motherhood and an Academic Career: A Negotiable Road2. Origins of the Study3. Understanding the Existing Narratives and Counternarratives4. Managing Work and Family in the Early Career5. Mid-Career Perspectives on Work and Family6. The Role of Disciplinary and Departmental Contexts7. Institutional Type Differences8. Social Capital and Dual Careers9. Leaving the Tenure Track10. Policy Perspectives11. Conclusions, Recommendations, and Parting ThoughtsReferencesIndex

"A timely, practical book that reveals one of the academy's best kept secrets. The life of a professor is a rich and satisfying life even for mothers!"— Mary Ann Mason, author of Mothers on the Fast Track"Ward and Wolf-Wendel offer the unique contribution of a longitudinal study, following women through different stages of their academic careers. Their findings are both illuminating and uplifting."— Academe