University of Richmond professors Libby Gruner (English) and Della Fenster (Mathematics) are joined by Jennifer Cognard-Black from St. Mary’s College in Maryland and Caroline Grant, senior editor of LiteraryMama.com, in a discussion about balancing motherhood and the academy.
The speakers read from their essays, featured in the anthology “Mama, Ph.D.: Women Write about Motherhood and Academic Life,” about their experiences fulfilling family and workplace obligations.
Gruner is also a weekly contributor to Inside Higher Ed’s blog Mama Ph.D., which offers a forum for other mothers trying to balance parenting and academe in their own lives. Fenster was also a founding contributor to the blog.
Duration : 0:55:9
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