Date of Award
12-2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Legacy Department
Educational Leadership
Committee Chair/Advisor
Havice, Pamela A
Committee Member
Brewer , Curtis
Committee Member
Cawthon , Tony
Committee Member
Fleming , David
Abstract
Although women hold many professional positions, they are still held accountable to present gendered customs like parenting children. Additionally, women who work in higher education are surrounded by masculine norms. For academic women who are also mothers like the author, many obstacles confront their management of the interlocking spheres of home, work and self. An examination of these women's narratives will illuminate how women navigate the world of academia, while maintaining our roles as mothers and individual identities.
For women who are mothers of children under six years old, and who are also contingent faculty members at four-year institutions, both policies and literature in higher education provide scant support for faculty work and mothering. This dissertation aims to add layers to existing research and open the doors for additional research. An overarching feminist framework was used to show how mothers make meaning of the world around them.
Recommended Citation
Ledford, Kathryn, "Navigating the World of Academia as a Mother and Contingent Faculty Member: A Narrative Inquiry" (2012). All Dissertations. 1029.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/1029