Mom the Chemistry Professor
Personal Accounts and Advice from Chemistry Professors who are Mothers
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Beschreibung
When is the "right" time? How can I meet the demands of a professorship whilst caring for a young family? Choosing to become a mother has a profound effect on the career path of women holding academic positions, especially in the physical sciences. Yet many women successfully manage to do both. In this book 15 inspirational personal accounts describe the challenges and rewards of combining motherhood with an academic career in chemistry. The authors are all women at different stages of their career and from a range of colleges, in tenure and non-tenure track positions. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry, these contributions serve as examples for women considering a career in academia but worry about how this can be balanced with other important aspects of life. The authors describe how they overcame particular challenges, but also highlight aspects of the systems which could be improved to accommodate women academics and particularly encourage more women to take on academic positions in the sciences.
When is the "right" time? How can I meet the demands of a professorship whilst caring for a young family? Choosing to become a mother has a profound effect on the career path of women holding academic positions, especially in the physical sciences. Yet many women successfully manage to do both. In this book 15 inspirational personal accounts describe the challenges and rewards of combining motherhood with an academic career in chemistry. The authors are all women at different stages of their career and from a range of colleges, in tenure and non-tenure track positions. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry, these contributions serve as examples for women considering a career in academia but worry about how this can be balanced with other important aspects of life. The authors describe how they overcame particular challenges, but also highlight aspects of the systems which could be improved to accommodate women academics and particularly encourage more women to take on academic positions in the sciences.
Provides honest personal accounts of the rewards and challenges of combining motherhood with an academic career in chemistry Addresses the issue of barriers to academic careers for women Inspires future generations of women considering academic careers in science Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Renée Cole
Themen in »Mom the Chemistry Professor«
American Chemical Society Careers in Chemistry Discrimination in Sciences Motherhood Non-Tenure Track Professorship Tenure-Track Underrepresentation in Hard Sciences Women Chemists Committee Women in Science Work-Life Balance
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From the book reviews:
“The relaxed narrative is accessible for all chemists planning their futures as parent-academics, providing resources and support for achieving both personal and professional fulfillment. Summing Up: Recommended. All chemistry students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.” (D. L. Jacobs, Choice, Vol. 52 (7), March, 2015)
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