IVP Readers' Choice Award
‘The dominant narrative we hear as professor mothers is that motherhood and academia are incompatible.’
Two challenging vocations, each filled with complexities and daily ups and downs. Yet more and more women are answering the call to both the academy and motherhood. A growing body of literature addresses parent-professors, but what about the particular needs of Christian women seeking to navigate both callings while living out their faith?
With Power Women, Nancy Wang Yuen and Deshonna Collier-Goubil have curated a unique resource by and for Christian academic mothers. This collection of essays includes the voices of women of different backgrounds, academic disciplines, institutions, and stages of parenting and career. Together contributors provide wisdom, encouragement, and solidarity for women who share a similar vocational journey. Combining research with personal stories, they address topics such as these:
– how parenting and teaching can be mutually enriching
– managing ambition, identity, and time
– addressing misconceptions about motherhood in the academy, church, and society
– navigating gender roles in marriage
– taking maternity leave
– flourishing as an adjunct professor
– mentoring professor moms
– resisting imposter syndrome by finding rest in God There is no magic formula, but there are many paths to thriving in the call to motherhood and the academy. Christian academic moms will find in this book honest yet uplifting reminders that they are not alone. In addition, administrators, family members, and friends will grow in understanding and appreciation of the power women in their lives.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Foreword by Shirley Hoogstra
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Considering Motherhood and the Academy
Part 1: Navigating Academia
1. Divvying up Love: Scholarly Ambition and Motherhood as Spiritual Formation, Maria Su Wang, Ph D
2. The Synergy of Lullaby and Syllabi, Stephanie Chan, Ph D
3. (Mis)Perceptions of Maternity Leave in the Academy, Teri Clemons, SLPD
4. A Principled Discussion for Adjunct Professor Mothers, Yiesha Thompson, Ph D
Part 2: Navigating Motherhood
5. The ‘Good’ Mother, Christina Lee Kim, Ph D
6. Recategorization: A Grace for Working Moms, Ji Y. Son, Ph D
7. Imposter Blues and Finding Rest in God, Jean Neely, Ph D
Part 3: Navigating Multiple Callings
8. Juggling Multiple Roles: Narrative of a Korean Pastor’s Wife, Mother, and Psychology Professor, Jenny H. Pak, Ph D
9. Answering a Threefold Calling: Motherhood, the Academy, and the Pastorate, Jennifer Powell Mc Nutt, Ph D, FRHist S
10. Balancing University Teaching and Homeschooling, Yvana Uranga-Hernandez, Ph D
Part 4: Navigating Support
11. It Takes a Village: Raising Children with Support, Deshonna Collier-Goubil, Ph D and Nancy Wang Yuen, Ph D
12. Navigating Marriage as the Breadwinner, Joy E. A. Qualls, Ph D
13. Empowerment of Professor Moms through Mentorship, Doretha O’Quinn, Ph D
Epilogue: Parting Advice
Appendix A: Institutional Support for Academic Mothers
Appendix B: Scenarios for Further Discussion About Being ‘Good Mothers’
Reflection and Discussion Questions
List of Contributors
Sobre o autor
Deshonna Collier-Goubil (Ph D, Howard University) is the founding chair of the department of criminal justice and now serves as interim dean of the School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences at Azusa Pacific University. She lives in Fontana, California.
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