List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Surviving or Thriving in the Academy? Insights from a Survey on Family Formation and Parenthood

2. Thesis Baby: Getting Student Parents the Support They Need

3. How to Scale the Ladders While Sidestepping the Chutes: On Parenting without the Security of Tenure

4. The Elusive Work-Life Balance: Daily Challenges in Academic Parenting

5. Doctor, Parent: Recognizing the Range of Experiences

6. Sick and Tired: The Physical Toll of Parenthood

7. Love, Loss, and Longing: Fertility Struggles, Adoption, Miscarriage, and Infant and Child Loss

8. Express Yourself: Breastfeeding and Lactation in the Ivory Tower

9. Looking Back, Moving Forward: Conversation Starters for a More Inclusive Academic Environment

Survey Questions

References

List of Vignette Contributors

Index

About the Authors

Kerry F. Crawford is an associate professor of political science at James Madison University. She is the author of Wartime Sexual Violence (Georgetown University Press, 2017) and Human Security: Theory and Action. She is the mother of three young children.

Leah C. Windsor is a research associate professor in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. She directs the Languages Across Cultures lab and is the author of numerous studies at the intersection of linguistics and political science. She is the mother of two young children.