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Women's Journeys in Academia: Plan B as Childless and Childfree Women in Higher Education

Women's Journeys in Academia: Plan B as Childless and Childfree Women in Higher Education

Emily Hoeh, Michelle L. Bonati, Alison Puliatte
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668444511|ISBN10: 1668444518|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668444559|EISBN13: 9781668444528
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4451-1.ch012
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MLA

Hoeh, Emily, et al. "Women's Journeys in Academia: Plan B as Childless and Childfree Women in Higher Education." Women in Higher Education and the Journey to Mid-Career: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by Heidi L. Schnackenberg, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 239-258. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4451-1.ch012

APA

Hoeh, E., Bonati, M. L., & Puliatte, A. (2022). Women's Journeys in Academia: Plan B as Childless and Childfree Women in Higher Education. In H. Schnackenberg (Ed.), Women in Higher Education and the Journey to Mid-Career: Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 239-258). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4451-1.ch012

Chicago

Hoeh, Emily, Michelle L. Bonati, and Alison Puliatte. "Women's Journeys in Academia: Plan B as Childless and Childfree Women in Higher Education." In Women in Higher Education and the Journey to Mid-Career: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by Heidi L. Schnackenberg, 239-258. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4451-1.ch012

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Abstract

The chapter will provide an alternative point of view from the traditional discussion of mother scholar to the lens of a childless or childfree academic to include topics such as perceptions of peers, equitable workplace evaluation, emotional impacts, social isolation/exclusion, and other areas of often overlooked concerns for women in higher education. The context of women in academics is framed by a brief overview of the history of women in education, and challenges with solutions as a resource for change or to create awareness for women in education without children or alternative family structures. Additionally, personal accounts of being a childfree or childless scholar will provide context to the history, issues, controversies, problems, and solutions presented in the chapter.

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