Special Issue Forum: Navigating Privilege and Risk: Mothering and Professing During COVID-19

Sarah Jane Blithe, Jessica M.F. Hughes, Rebecca Mercado Jones, Rachel E. Silverman, Anna Wiederhold Wolfe

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Abstract

The novel coronavirus global pandemic—and the associated disease it causes (COVID-19)—swept the world in 2020, completely changing life as it once was. Academic mothers experienced COVID-19 as an unanticipated crash of simultaneous parenting responsibilities, remote teaching, and continued pressure to produce research. In this forum, four academic mothers present vignettes that represent their experiences navigating privilege and risk while parenting and professing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-110
Number of pages22
JournalWomen's Studies in Communication
Volume45
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Academic mothers
  • assessing risk
  • COVID-19
  • motherhood
  • privilege

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