DadsDudesDoingIt: A Father’s Day Conversation
June 16th, 2009Girl w/Pen and her cohorts ask, “When are men giong to care about work/family balance? And what is the role of men in the feminist movement anyway?” Join panelists Deborah Siegel, Courtney Martin, Gloria Feldt, and Kristal Brent Zook in a Father’s Day conversation at the Brooklyn Museum, this Saturday, June 20 at 2 PM.
For a taste of their work, you can check out this YouTube video from one of their past events:
Mama, PhD at UC Riverside
May 19th, 2009A nice piece today in the Press-Enterprise about the women who organized our event at UC Riverside:
In 2006, Cassandra Vasquez, a UC Riverside graduate student researcher, was shocked she didn’t qualify for maternity leave and surprised how little information there was on campus for soon-to-be mothers.
When seeking advice, a university official told her to take academic leave — a move that would have cut her off from everything from her student housing to library privileges. Instead, she spent hours researching options.
She worked out a solution, thanks in part to an understanding adviser. It has allowed her to, first, care for her daughter, and second, continue studying wasps as an alternative to pesticides. She expects to graduate in a year.
Hoping future graduate students won’t go through a similar situation, Vasquez and fellow graduate student/mom Genet Tulgetske have organized a panel discussion Wednesday about parenthood and academia.
Click here to read the rest! And contact us at editors AT mamaphd.com if you’d like us to come to your campus!
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.
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