Mama, PhD coming to UC Riverside
May 12th, 2009I’m looking forward to speaking at UC Riverside next week with contributors Dana Campbell and Aeron Haynie; the local paper has written this article about the upcoming event:
“[The organizers] wrote letters to Chancellor Timothy White, Dean of Graduate Division Joseph Childers, the Graduate Student Council and the Graduate Council of the Academic Senate in an attempt to shed light on issues that student-parents face.
They have come up with numerous ideas and policies, ranging from a children’s section of the library, to various parental support systems and priority teaching assistant assignments.”
Click here to read the rest, and if you’re nearby, come see us at Riverside on the 20th!
Happy Mother’s Day from Moms Rising!
May 6th, 2009
In appreciation for the hard work of mothers everywhere, MomsRising has made it possible for every mom to get a personalized Mother of the Year award — announced online in a faux news cast. Check it out! Send it to your favorite mothers so that they can be congratulated by President Obama, celebrated by Hollywood stars, praised by a remarkably articulate baby, and more. Make sure to check out the crawl under the newscast; they snuck in a nice little bit of educational content.
Mama, PhD on the radio!
May 4th, 2009Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Binnie Klein for her radio show on WPKN (Bridgeport); for those of you who weren’t able to listen live, click here to listen to the archive of the show online.
The Career Coach Is In!
April 30th, 2009Dr. Susan O’Doherty, a clinical psychologist, contributor to Mama, PhD, and author of Getting Unstuck without Coming Unglued: A Woman’s Guide to Unblocking Creativity is now answering questions on the Mama, PhD blog at Inside Higher Ed. Write her at info@insidehighered.com with your questions about any aspect of parenting, graduate school, and pursuing a career in higher education.
University of Richmond Panel
April 23rd, 2009Thanks to the technology folks at the University of Richmond, those of you who missed our recent reading and panel discussion can now watch it on YouTube. Jennifer Cognard-Black, Della Fenster, Caroline Grant, and Libby Gruner all read from their essays and answered questions. Check it out:
Mama, PhD at UC Riverside!
April 22nd, 2009May 20th, 3-6 PM
Room 367 of the HUB (Highlander Union Building, formerly known as the commons)
Join Dana Campbell, Caroline Grant and Aeron Haynie for a reading and panel discussion.
The presentation will be followed by pizza, book signing, and information booths on campus resources for parents (child development center, student health center insurance, counseling center, TA union, health insurance for children). Free child care with RSVP; please contact caroline AT mamaphd DOT com
Mama, PhD in the Feminist Review
April 17th, 2009The Feminist Review has published a short piece on Mama, PhD; check it out:
But make no mistake: this collection is an unequivocal critique of the infrastructure—or lack thereof—in place for women who want to explore their identities as both mothers and intellectuals. The joint essay “Nontraditional Academics” issues a call for women who leave the academy temporarily or permanently to pursue their interest in full-time motherhood to stop hiding and join forces to build a community and increase visibility. While Mama PhD is certainly aimed for women in academia—and the men, women, and children who love them—those readers interested in feminist issues in the world of work will also find this collection a compelling and provocative read.
Click here to read the rest!
Mama, PhD on the radio!
March 15th, 2009Tune in Thursday, March 19th, at 10:30 AM (EST) to listen to coeditor Caroline Grant speaking about Mama, PhD with radio host Binnie Klein on WPKN, or via iTunes’ Public Radio.
Mama, PhD Gear
March 14th, 2009
Did you know that you can get a Mama, PhD t-shirt, onesie, mug, bag, or even beer stein? Show the world you’ve got it going on, body and brain, with some Mama, PhD gear in your life.
Literary Mama Review
March 4th, 2009Esther Wyss-Flamm has reviewed Mama, PhD for Literary Mama; here’s an excerpt:
My first reaction to Mama, PhD, a provocative collection of 35 personal essays and commentaries by 42 women about motherhood and academic life, was a powerful desire to do just what I’ve begun to do here: tell my own story. Edited by Elrena Evans and Caroline Grant, the book features deeply personal and engaging essays that bring to life many facets of this topic: the internal fracturing that comes with considering whether or not to have a child, vivid descriptions of the body’s blossoming during pregnancy, poignant accounts of how it feels to be sidelined by insensitive comments, the heartbreak of leaving one’s child in someone else’s care, the infamous fog of Mommy Brain. In addition, much of the writing is peppered with winsome humor, including laugh-out-loud descriptions of wedging a pregnant body into a desk-chair combination of the type that graces most university classrooms (Evans) or of fielding potential names for a baby from mostly male undergraduates (Sheila Squillante).
Please click on over to Literary Mama to read the rest!
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