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Merging Motherhood and Doctoral Studies: An Autoethnography of Imperfectly Weaving Identities
The Qualitative Report, Vol.26(6), pp.1962-1973
2021
Abstract
In this autoethnography I share my lived experiences of merging motherhood and doctoral studies and reveal the journey of imperfectly weaving the identities of mother, wife, doctoral student, and academic. I present seven vignettes to provide glimpses of experience and a window into not only the challenges and tensions of intersecting motherhood and doctoral studies, but to also share the joys, strengths, and benefits of embracing these multiple identities. The literature and autoethnographic accounts offer insights into the contradiction that is mothering during doctoral studies, as academic mothers simultaneously carry guilt and gratitude, and acknowledge the sacrifice and privilege that is motherhood and researching. In this paper I seek to provide nuanced insights into the meanings I made as I negotiated the identities/roles/positions, of mother, wife, doctoral student, and academic.
Details
- Title
- Merging Motherhood and Doctoral Studies: An Autoethnography of Imperfectly Weaving Identities
- Authors
- Vicki Schriever (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Publication details
- The Qualitative Report, Vol.26(6), pp.1962-1973
- Publisher
- Nova Southeastern University
- Date published
- 2021
- DOI
- 10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4787
- ISSN
- 2160-3715; 1052-0147
- Copyright note
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99548407102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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