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Professor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia
by
Rachel Connelly,
Kristen Ghodsee (Goodreads Author)
Professor Mommy is a guide for women who want to combine the life of the mind with the joys of motherhood. The book provides practical suggestions gleaned from the experiences of the authors, together with those of other women who have successfully combined parenting with professorships. Professor Mommy addresses key questions when to have children and how many to have; wh...more
Hardcover, 218 pages
Published
July 1st 2011
by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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I'd recommend this to anyone considering graduate school, period. While it's geared towards mothers, the information and descriptions offer a very accurate and realistic portrait of graduate school and early professional life as a faculty member. I wish it'd been around when I was starting out. I found the sections about time management and comparing the different kinds of schools you can work at (R1, R2/3, etc) extremely helpful and interesting. I gleaned so much about how to run the research e...more
This book is a good guide for women who work in an academic job or are interested in working in an academic community. It provides a great deal of insight on the types of questions one should ask themselves when they are weighing the possibility of pursuing a faculty job, how family and professional obligations compete for time and attention, and how to navigate the panoply of choices and options women in academic careers have when they consider a professional trajectory and the possibility of b...more
Read this for a discussion group that will be meeting in the fall. Brutally honest, which is good. Lots of really good general professional advice, too. Found myself invigorated and ready to get shit done after reading it. Wish I'd been able to read it during grad school.
Really great graduate school and academic career advice regardless if you are female or male, mother or not. I wish I had read some of this stuff years ago.
Realistic yet encouraging overview of the challenges involved in combining scholarship and kids. Chapters are broken down chronologically, by where you are on the tenure track (in grad school, on the job hunt, etc.).
Recommended reading for anybody (especially ladies) who are interested in pursuing both the tenure track and motherhood. This book provides a realistic yet positive picture of being successful in both worlds.
Definitely one of the best academic career advice books I've read. And not just for the "mommy" stuff--although that's great--really it has all-over advice on publishing, on getting tenured, on how to approach colleagues for certain things. I highlighted the hell out of this book on my kindle and would recommend it to any grad student/young prof who has kids on the horizon.
A good book and definitely worth a read if one is thinking of, or already in, academia. However, it is incomplete for lab scientists. There are so many more issues, particularly with regards to the mentoring of students, that social scientists and humanists do not encounter. Also, the authors stress making informed choices throughout in choosing positions. With the current job market, one often cannot make such choices.
realistic but depressing... didn't tell me anything i wasn't already aware of as a junior faculty member struggling w/ work-life balance and the decision of whether to stay in "academy", but a recommended read for any considering PhD and/or the choice between academia vs. industry
Frank, encouraging, detailed.
Great book for young women if they are thinking about entering into the academy and looking for tenure. Wish I had read it a decade ago...
I think the authors sacrificed depth in favor of breadth here. In doing so, they limited its helpfulness for everyone.
Great book, with useful advice for those without children too.
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