"Emily Monosson has brought together thirty-four women scientists from over-lapping generations and several fields of research to share their experiences. The authors of the candid essays written for this groundbreaking volume reveal a range of career choices: the authors work part-time and full-time; they opt out and then opt back in; they become entrepreneurs and job share; they teach high school and have achieved tenure. Their stories not only show the many ways in which women can successfully combine motherhood and a career in science but also address and redefine what it means to be a successful scientist." - Provided by publisher
Publish Date
2010
Publisher
ILR,
University Presses Marketing [distributor],
ILR Press
Language
English
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Motherhood, the elephant in the laboratory: women scientists speak out
2010, ILR, University Presses Marketing [distributor], ILR Press
in English
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments --
Introduction -- -- Section I.
1970s --
Balancing Family and Career Demands with 20/20 Hindsight -- Aviva Brecher
Extreme Motherhood: You Can't Get There from Here -- Joan S. Baizer
Careers versus Child Care in Academia -- Deborah Ross
Identities: Looking Back over Forty Years as a Social Scientist, Woman, and Mother -- Marilyn Wilkey Merritt
Costs and Rewards of Success in Academia, or Bouncing into the Rubber Ceiling -- Marla S. Mclntosh
One Set of Choices as a Mom and Scientist -- Suzanne Epstein -- Section II.
1980s --
Three Sides of the Balance -- Anne Douglass
The Accidental Astronomer -- Stefi Baum
At Home with Toxicology: A Career Evolves -- Emily Monosson
Geological Consulting and Kids: An Unpredictable Balancing Act? -- Debra Hanneman
Career Scientists and the Shared Academic Position -- Carol B. de Wet -- Section III.
1990s --
Less Pay, a Little Less Work -- Heidi Newberg
Reflections of a Female Scientist with Outside Interests -- Christine Seroogy
Part-Time at a National Laboratory: A Split Life -- Rebecca A. Efroymson
The Eternal Quest for Balance: A Career in Five Acts, No Intermission -- Theresa M. Wizemann
Reflections on Motherhood and Science -- Teresa Capone Cook
The Benefits of Four-Dumbbell Support -- Catherine O'Riordan
Extraordinary Commitments of Time and Energy -- Deborah Harris
Finding My Way Back to the Bench: An Unexpectedly Satisfying Destination -- A. Pia Abola
Mothering Primates -- Devin Reese
Finding the Right Balance, Personal and Professional, as a Mother in Science -- Gayle Barbin Zydlewski
What? I Don't Need a PhD to Potty-Train My Children? -- Nanette J. Pazdernik
Variety, Challenge, and Flexibility: The Benefits of Straying from the Narrow Path -- Marguerite Toscano
The Balancing Act -- Kim M. Fowler
Juggling through Life's Transitions -- Cal Baier-Anderson
Having It All, Just Not All at the Same Time -- Andrea L. Kalfoglou -- Section IV.
2000s --
Exploring Less-Traveled Paths -- Deborah Duffy
Standing Up -- Gina D. Wesley-Hunt
Because of Our Mom, a True Rocket Scientist -- Elizabeth Douglass / -- Katherine Douglass
On Being What You Love -- Rachel Obbard
Parsimony Is What We Are Taught, Not What We Live -- Sofia Katerina Refetoff Zahed
Role Models: Out with the Old and In with the New -- Marie Remiker
Pursuing Science and Motherhood -- Kimberly D'Anna
Conclusion --
Contributors
Edition Notes
Originally published: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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