Comments on: Single Motherhood and the Faculty Life http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/10/11/single-motherhood-and-the-faculty-life/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: Melissa Click http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/10/11/single-motherhood-and-the-faculty-life/comment-page-1/#comment-122788 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:56:41 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10834#comment-122788 Thanks for your candid comments on a very important topic. Those of us who have kids (and/or like kids) should work to find ways to support each other with childcare at conferences!

]]> By: Miranda Banks http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/10/11/single-motherhood-and-the-faculty-life/comment-page-1/#comment-120831 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:00:07 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10834#comment-120831 This is a fantastic post–honest, thoughtful, informational, and heart-warming. Thank you so much for sharing your story and your experiences.

]]> By: Elana Levine http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/10/11/single-motherhood-and-the-faculty-life/comment-page-1/#comment-120808 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:04:26 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10834#comment-120808 What a great and inspiring post! Although the amount of responsibility and time constraint you bear is remarkable to me, there are some similarities to your situation in being part of an academic couple in the same field, as childcare for conference travel and non-daycare hours events is a perpetual challenge. Now I should stop writing this as I have already been interrupted by colleagues too many times today to be getting as much done as I need to!

]]> By: Eleanor Seitz http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/10/11/single-motherhood-and-the-faculty-life/comment-page-1/#comment-120799 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:02:52 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10834#comment-120799 Thank you so much for a terrific post. I am so grateful to see the unique considerations of being a single mother in academia, but also the successful and positive example you present are for those of us who plan on being faculty. I have been trying to fit everything into a 40/hour work week because work after bed time is just exhausting and I want to spend weekends with my daughter. This has not yet been successful, but reading this post has made me more determined to be stricter about managing my time. I do look forward to the age when sleep overs start happening.

]]> By: Cynthia Meyers http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/10/11/single-motherhood-and-the-faculty-life/comment-page-1/#comment-120798 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:02:50 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=10834#comment-120798 Congratulations! and best wishes! Divorce can cause another kink in the parent/academic path. I became a part-time single parent/full-time academic. Luckily, while my child was small my dept was kind enough to schedule meetings when I had child care coverage. But the larger problem was that my custody situation prevented me from going on a national job search. (The Solomonic choice between child or career is one that divorced as well as married trailing spouses/academics may face!) So, I focus on having been fortunate enough to find a tenure-track line where I already lived. So, yes, luck in finding a good “situation” is key to making it work.

Now that my child is a teenager, I can reassure you that some of the issues you now face with time management and travel will definitely ease in the future!

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