450: From the Minivan to an Empty Nest: Navigating Parenthood in Academia (11855)

Saturday, August 10, 2024

15:15 – 17:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Swissotel: Vevey 2

Session Number: 450
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,Practice,International,Theme,Research,Diversity
Highlight
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/GwQBkQ

Organizer(s)

PF

Patrick Flynn

North Carolina State U., United States

Facilitator(s)

BC

Brianna Barker Caza

U. of North Carolina, Greensboro, United States
BH

Brad Harris

HEC Paris, France
JL

Jamie Jocelyn Ladge

Boston College, United States
CP

Christopher O.L.H Porter

Virginia Tech, United States
KR

Kristie Rogers

Marquette U., United States
TM

Timothy P. Munyon

U. of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States
BS

Beth Schinoff

U. of Delaware, United States
AW

Anna Katherine Ward

Virginia Tech, United States
DS

Donald Joseph Schepker

U. of South Carolina, United States
YF

Yseult Freeney

Dublin City U., Ireland

Organizer(s)

CH

Christina Hymer

U. of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

Facilitator(s)

JL

Jonas W. B Lang

U. of Exeter, Belgium
AM

Alyson Meister

IMD Business School, Switzerland
ST

Sherry M. B Thatcher

U. of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States
MW

Mikhail Alexander Wolfson

U. of Kentucky, United States
JC

Judith A. Clair

Boston College, United States
SZ

Susan Zhu

U. of Kentucky, United States
MW

Michele Williams

U. of Iowa, United States
HX

Haoying Xu

Stevens Institute of Technology, United States

Discussant(s)

LL

Laura McAndrews Little

U. of Georgia, United States
MB

Marcus Butts

Southern Methodist U., United States
KB

Kenneth G. Brown

U. of Iowa, United States
TG

Theresa M. Glomb

U. of Minnesota, United States
KS

Kristen Michelle Shockley

Auburn U., United States

Facilitator(s)

NC

Nitya Chawla

U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
NL

Ning Li

School of Economics and Management Tsinghua U., China

Over the past several decades, practitioners and scholars alike have paid substantial attention towards the work/life interface. In particular, navigating parenthood and academia presents unique challenges for organizational researchers, such as navigating children’s schooling choices amid job market options, making major family decisions during the tenure clock, and balancing parenting demands amid non-traditional work hours and high role demands. The goal of the proposed professional development workshop (PDW) is to expose challenges associated with being a parent-academic, provide a forum for parents (or hope to be parents) within academia to connect, and generate fruitful suggestions for navigating these challenges over different phases of scholars’ parenthood and academia journeys. This proposed PDW invites prominent scholars in the field to share their experiences of parenthood within academia, as well as draw upon relevant literature in this space. Following the discussants’ comments, participants will be invited to participate in breakout table sessions with the discussants and other invited facilitators. The purpose of the breakout sessions will be for participants to share and generate collective guidance for navigating the challenges of parenthood and academia. This PDW aims to bring light towards the challenges associated with navigating parenthood in academia, as well as the development of collective guidance for addressing them.