Parenting While PhDing

Surviving and Improving the Working Conditions of Graduate Student Parents
Being a PhD student is not easy. Navigating the highly competitive world of academia while working hard for little or no pay would be stressful for anyone-but it’s especially challenging for graduate students who are also parents.
 
Featuring contributions from more than forty current and former graduate students raising children, Parenting While PhDing offers valuable advice for students and administrators. Parents will get practical recommendations on both child care and self-care, learning how to form supportive personal and professional networks while establishing a healthy work/life balance. The collection also offers thoughtful suggestions on how to make graduate programs less toxic and more inclusive.
 
Recognizing that not all graduate students have similar backgrounds or needs, Parenting While PhDing features a diverse range of viewpoints, including queer, trans, disabled, BIPOC, immigrant, and first-generation college students. The authors represent a variety of disciplines, from the natural and social sciences to the humanities and health care professions. Together, they share fresh perspectives on the experiences of graduate students with children and offer strategies they can use to navigate the dual pressures of the academy and parenting.

Contributor: Jackie Hoermann-Elliott (Edited by), Jenna Morton-Aiken (Edited by), Caroline Grant (Foreword by), Judith Chriqui Benchimol (Contributions by), Jennifer C. Judd (Contributions by), Whitney Zahar Rich (Contributions by), Alicia Christine Beretta (Contributions by), Elizabeth M. Williams (Contributions by), Elise Green (Contributions by), Emily Gresbrink (Contributions by), Keith Jackson (Contributions by), Karen Tellez-Trujillo (Contributions by), Dalel Serda (Contributions by), Lisa E. Wright (Contributions by), Rachael Jordan (Contributions by), Laura Fitzwater Gonzales (Contributions by), Natasha Trace Robinson (Contributions by), Tiffani Tijerina (Contributions by), Jennifer Burke Reifman (Contributions by), Kate Lafferty-Danner (Contributions by), James B. Harr III (Contributions by), Calvin Olsen (Contributions by), Daniel Henke (Contributions by), Erin Henke (Contributions by), Camilla Ring (Contributions by), Brita M. Thielen (Contributions by), Hayley E. Verdi (Contributions by), Aleashia Walton Valentin (Contributions by), Courtney Lund O'Neil (Contributions by), April Cobos (Contributions by), Daniel L. Hocutt (Contributions by), Megan McKittrick (Contributions by), Danielle Marie Koepke (Contributions by), Gitte Frandsen (Contributions by), Celeste Graham (Contributions by), Nabila Hijazi (Contributions by), Amie McLean (Contributions by), Lourdes Fernandez (Contributions by), Jessica McCaughey (Contributions by), Rachael Graham Tin (Contributions by), Beth Buyserie (Contributions by), Kristin Osborne (Contributions by), Siham Lekchiri (Contributions by), Barbara A.W. Eversole (Contributions by), Stephanie L. Graff (Contributions by), Mariya Tseptsura (Contributions by), Morgan Buchs (Contributions by), Rachel Flynn (Contributions by), Laura Leigh Menard (Contributions by), Brandie Bohney (Contributions by), Jennifer Phillips-Denny (Contributions by), Jacqueline Cerda-Smith (Contributions by), Joan Jiyoung Hwang (Contributions by), Sara Bartlett Large (Contributions by), Danielle DeVasto (Contributions by)

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