Gender Roles and the American Academe: A Case Study of Graduate Student Mothers

Autor/in	Lynch, Karen Danna
Titel	Gender Roles and the American Academe: A Case Study of Graduate Student Mothers
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 20 (2008) 6, S.585-605 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Mothers; Case Studies; Sex Role; Student Attrition; Student Attitudes; College Environment; Social Status; Interviews; Financial Support; Child Care; Sociocultural Patterns; Interpersonal Relationship; Family Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Mother; Mutter; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Geschlechterrolle; Schülerbeurlaubung; Schülerverhalten; Hochschulumwelt; Sozialer Status; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Finanzielle Förderung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	Studies have found that motherhood is significantly associated with attrition for female graduate students in the United States. Few, however, have examined this phenomenon from the point of view of current students. Utilizing data from 30 in-depth interviews with student mothers from a number of academic fields, this study details both the structural environments and the socio-cultural constructs that affect the women's daily experiences. The data highlight the fact that the symbolic nature of both roles--mother and student--is often in conflict with the structural elements around which each role is performed. Student mothers confront this dilemma through a number of strategic practices including "maternal invisibility", "academic invisibility", luck, and reliance on the more traditional means of economic and emotional support that come from spouses and parents. In detailing these practices, the study offers both important clues about the factors that may contribute to attrition for graduate student mothers as well as suggestions for institutional improvement. (Contains 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10