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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Obare, Sherine O.
• Cole, Renée
• Webster, Gail
• Charlebois, Amber
• Woznack, Kimberly
• Marzabadi, Cecilia

Titel

Elements to Successful Motherhood and the Professoriate

Ist Teil von

• Mom the Chemistry Professor, 2018, p.389-400

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• As a college student pursuing a major in chemistry, I struggled with the idea of whether it would ever be possible to one day be a successful chemist and have a family. I did not have any role models of women who had pursued academic careers in science and had a family. I wrestled that I would have to make a choice and that having a family and a successful academic career would never be possible. I have been fortunate to have both, and through the journey of rising through the ranks of the professoriate I have learned that while the path may not be easy, it is doable and it is a rewarding experience that brings about many learning moments both professionally and personally. I have also been called to leadership in administrative roles at my institution, and through that I have learned how to rebalance my strategies for success in order to maintain an active research lab and continually train students. Importantly, I have also been a wife, mother, daughter, sibling, aunt, and friend. In this chapter, I share my story.