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The Juxtaposition of Graduate School and Parenthood: A Mother’s Perspective

The Juxtaposition of Graduate School and Parenthood: A Mother’s Perspective STUDENT STADIA MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TROYANPHOTO/ADOBE STOCK The Juxtaposition of Graduate School and Parenthood: A Mother’s Perspective WHILE MY RESEARCH IS MY Emily J. Le Falchier PASSION AND CRITICALLY raduate school is becoming else’s fault, it always makes me feel out of IMPORTANT TO ME, increasingly accessible, with many place among my peers. But why? After all, Gprograms being created to accom- most men and women are in grad school IT WILL ALWAYS modate distance and online students or during their peak childbearing years, with COME SECOND TO modified to support flexible timelines. As the median age at receiving their doctorate a mother of a young child, I don’t have the being 31.3 and 31.8, respectively (NCSES MY FAMILY—WHICH option of quitting my job to accept a low- 2020). er-paying graduate assistantship. So, I join Perhaps it’s because I am out of place. IS THE ANTITHESIS the ranks of many other parents—men and Graduate students have implied expec- OF THESE women alike—who are pursuing graduate tations of making their research their degrees part-time while trying to balance sole dedication and working around the UNSPOKEN, their jobs, families, and homes. Our stu- clock, beyond 40 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Entomologist Oxford University Press

The Juxtaposition of Graduate School and Parenthood: A Mother’s Perspective

American Entomologist , Volume 69 (1): 2 – Mar 11, 2023

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Oxford University Press
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© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
ISSN
1046-2821
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2155-9902
DOI
10.1093/ae/tmad001
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Abstract

STUDENT STADIA MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TROYANPHOTO/ADOBE STOCK The Juxtaposition of Graduate School and Parenthood: A Mother’s Perspective WHILE MY RESEARCH IS MY Emily J. Le Falchier PASSION AND CRITICALLY raduate school is becoming else’s fault, it always makes me feel out of IMPORTANT TO ME, increasingly accessible, with many place among my peers. But why? After all, Gprograms being created to accom- most men and women are in grad school IT WILL ALWAYS modate distance and online students or during their peak childbearing years, with COME SECOND TO modified to support flexible timelines. As the median age at receiving their doctorate a mother of a young child, I don’t have the being 31.3 and 31.8, respectively (NCSES MY FAMILY—WHICH option of quitting my job to accept a low- 2020). er-paying graduate assistantship. So, I join Perhaps it’s because I am out of place. IS THE ANTITHESIS the ranks of many other parents—men and Graduate students have implied expec- OF THESE women alike—who are pursuing graduate tations of making their research their degrees part-time while trying to balance sole dedication and working around the UNSPOKEN, their jobs, families, and homes. Our stu- clock, beyond 40

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American EntomologistOxford University Press

Published: Mar 11, 2023

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