Real Talk
Who has done this before?
Students and parents in academia, in their own words, and a board for the practical stuff nobody puts in the handbook.
Real stories
Share yours
I'm collecting stories from academic mothers: how you did it, what helped, and what you wish someone had told you. If you'd like to be interviewed, leave your name and email and I'll reach out!
The honest part
What it can cost
There is real research on what having kids costs in academia. In Do Babies Matter?, Mason, Wolfinger, and Goulden found that women who have children early in academia are less likely to end up with tenure than men, or than women without kids.
That doesn't mean you have to wait. It means the system has a cost built in. People do have kids in grad school, as postdocs, and before tenure, and the ones who do it well usually had support, policies, and someone who told them the truth. That's what this page is for!
The tip board
Tips from students, parents, and everyone in between
Study tips, lab survival, pumping at work, whatever helped you. Parent or not, student, working, or serving, you belong here. Add yours, and browse what others have shared!
The board is waiting for its first tip.
Got something that helped you juggle school, work, service, and kids? Add it. Tips show up after I've read them.
Add a tip
For moms and moms-to-be, wherever you are: in school, at work, or serving. You don't need a university to belong here. Please leave out kids' names and anything private.
From me
Life lessons
Advice from people in my life that I actually try to live by. A running series!
Life lessons, ft. Dr. Jade Fostvedt
What will you bring forward?
A conversation with Dr. Jade Fostvedt. A running series, updated as they come.
In their own words
Women who stayed anyway
Talks and conversations from women in academia and STEM, about what it takes and what it costs.