Narratives of Academic Mothers’ Lived Experiences

Lindsey Light is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Dayton, USA.Namrata Rao is Principal Lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Anesa Hosein is Associate Professor and the Head of Educational Development and Research at the Institute of Education, University of Surrey, UK.

• Series Editors' ForewordAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsPart I: Academic Mothers: The Story So Far1. Academic Mothers: What do We Know and What Remains to be Known?, Lindsey Light (University Of Dayton, USA) and Anesa Hosein (University Of Surrey, UK)Part II: Perspectives From Around the World2. ‘Successful Women, Super Women, Prototypical Women’: Negotiating the Work-Life Boundaries in Academic Mothers’ Role, Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook (National University Of Singapore) and Wu Siew Mei (National University Of Singapore)3: Motherhood and Academia: A Brazilian Experience, Soraia Chung Saura (University Of São Paulo, Brazil) & Ana Cristina Zimmermann, (University Of São Paulo, Brazil)4: M/Other, Lynette Longaretti (Deakin University, Australia)5. It Takes a Village: An Experience Of Mothering in Academia, Deanne Gannaway (University of Queensland, Australia)6. My PhD Journey: Navigating Parenting and Studies as an Immigrant in South Africa, Hellen Agumba (University Of Johannesburg, South Africa)7. Dr Mama Shashi: Aligning Professional and Mothering Philosophies, Praxis and Values for Personal-As-Professional Transformation, Shashi Cullinan Cook (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa)8. In Search of Belonging: Transitions in the Life of One Academic Mother, Cate Carroll-Meehan (Liverpool Hope University, UK)9. Exploring the Interplay between Academic Work, Domestic Abuse and Single Motherhood, Corinne Nativel (University Paris-East Créteil, France)10. A Phd is Born: Motherhood, Friends and Academia in France, Jessica Thrasher Chenot (Université De Rouen Normandie, France)11. No Vacation from Being an Academic Mother, Even in the Caribbean!, Amalia Hosein and Kelly Kingon (University Of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago)12. Beyond Invisible: The Case Of Bereaved Mothers in Academia, Giuditta Caliendo (University Of Lille, France)13. A Two-Edged Sword: Being A Non-Tenure Track Academic (Single) Mother, Lindsey Light (University Of Dayton, USA)Part III: Academic Mothers: The Way Forward14. Academic Mothers: Implications for Practice, Lindsey Light (University Of Dayton, USA) and Namrata Rao (Liverpool Hope University, UK)