Parenting While PhDing (Paperback)

Jackie Hoermann-Elliott

ISBN 10: 1978843755 / ISBN 13: 9781978843752

Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick NJ, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. 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 its 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. Parenting While PhDing calls attention to the challenges faced by an increasing population of graduate student parents. Designed with the busy parent and policymaker in mind, each short chapter offers evergreen advice on how to navigate the pressures of the academy and parenting, all while also preserving one's sense of self. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parenting While PhDing (Paperback)
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick NJ
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1978843755
• ISBN 13: 9781978843752
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

JACKIE HOERMANN-ELLIOTT is an associate professor of English at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas, where she serves as the director of first-year writing. She is the author of Running, Thinking, Writing: Embodied Cognition in Composition.
 
JENNA MORTON-AIKEN is a lecturer in English at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where she serves as senior associate director for writing and English language support.