Academia is a profession that is prone to precarity, and many academics face uncertainties
and insecurities that profoundly impact their personal and professional lives. The relentless …

This study explores female faculty members' pregnancy and pregnant embodiment in
academia. Based on semi-structured interviews with 32 faculty mothers from 21 academic …

One in five women are childless at midlife, and for an estimated 90 percent of these women,
childlessness is not actively chosen. In this article, we explore how solo‐living and childless …

While many scholars have noted workplace inequalities generated by the presence of
pregnancy and parenthood, this paper shifts the focus to explore the question: how do …

A robust and important body of scholarship is exploring the multiple and layered
complexities of mothering and paid work. In this paper, we theoretically and empirically …

Addressing a paucity of large‐scale studies about women academics maternity experiences
of leave in academia and under‐theorizing the influence of neoliberalism on this …

The loss of the care infrastructure that occurred during the COVID-19 crisis exposed
society's continued reliance on women and mothers as default caregivers. But less is known …

The challenge of mothering while pursuing an academic career is the most significant
obstacle to women's success. However, there is a lack of research examining how being a …

Despite decades of social change and institutional reform, the academic gender gap
continues to exist in many countries around the world and disproportionately affects women …

Dominant maternal ideologies impinge upon the career progression of academic mothers
and non-mothers. Using “narratology” as a theoretical lens, this article offers insights into the …