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Being Dr. Mom and/or Mom, Ph.D.: Autoethnographies of MotherScholaring during COVID-19

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Title: Being Dr. Mom and/or Mom, Ph.D.: Autoethnographies of MotherScholaring during COVID-19
Language: English
Authors: LeBlanc, Sarah Symonds (ORCID 0000-0003-2654-2126), Spradley, Elizabeth, Beal, Heather Olson, Burrow, Lauren, Cross, Chrissy
Source: New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development. Sum 2022 34(3):28-39.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Mothers, Role, Higher Education, Scholarship, Coping
DOI: 10.1002/nha3.20360
ISSN: 1939-4225
Abstract: This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts five MotherScholars, mothers and scholars blending their maternal and academic identities, through the use of interactive interviewing, autoethnography, and narrative. The narratives are presented from four distinct times during the first 10-months of the COVID-19 pandemic: beginning (March through May of 2020), the middle (summer of 2020), the perpetuated middle (fall semester 2020), and present day (December 2020). The narratives capture how we, as five MotherScholars, negotiated between maternal and academic roles under pandemic conditions, ultimately unveiling our MotherScholar identity. The article concludes by drawing attention to the value of women colleagues and friendships for social support, the role of narratives to reshape family stories, and the impetus for institutions of higher education to assist MotherScholars.
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Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: EJ1355260
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts five MotherScholars, mothers and scholars blending their maternal and academic identities, through the use of interactive interviewing, autoethnography, and narrative. The narratives are presented from four distinct times during the first 10-months of the COVID-19 pandemic: beginning (March through May of 2020), the middle (summer of 2020), the perpetuated middle (fall semester 2020), and present day (December 2020). The narratives capture how we, as five MotherScholars, negotiated between maternal and academic roles under pandemic conditions, ultimately unveiling our MotherScholar identity. The article concludes by drawing attention to the value of women colleagues and friendships for social support, the role of narratives to reshape family stories, and the impetus for institutions of higher education to assist MotherScholars.
ISSN:1939-4225
DOI:10.1002/nha3.20360