Motherhood in the music education academy / edited by Kate Fitzpatrick-Harnish, Bridget Sweet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fitzpatrick-Harnish, Kate, editor.

Sweet, Bridget, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and music.

Motherhood.

Music--Instruction and study--Social aspects.

Music.

Women educators.

Women in the music trade.

maternity.

Music--Instruction and study.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Motherhood profoundly affects the experiences of female-identifying parents within the academic sphere. Featuring contributions from twenty-nine authors in music education who are mothers, this book offers new insights into a diverse array of topics and issues from gender equity to care in education. Particular highlights of the book are the distinctive 'moments to pause' sections including photos, quotes, brief reflections, and stories from the authors and their children.

Contents:

Re-centering care: Role conflict and parenting in music education / Elizabeth Cassidy Parker

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Ashley D Allen

Women, life, freedom: Stories of mothering, motherhood, and non-motherhood / Runa Hestad Jenssen and Others

Work–family enrichment: Viewing academic motherhood from an asset perspective / Vanessa L Bond

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Angela M Munroe

Positive personal impact of structural university support on faculty motherhood / Lisa Huisman Koops

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Debbie Rohwer

Learning to be visible without saying “I’m sorry” / Catheryn Shaw Foster and Tami J Draves

Navigating identities: Becoming a mother and a doctoral student / Whitney Mayo

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Libby Hearn

Navigating the academy through my mother-lens: Caring as a subversive act / Elizabeth W Chappell

Re-emergence of pre-pandemic issues for women in academia: Music teacher educator mothers’ perspectives / Rachel Grimsby and Ashley D Allen

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Bridget Sweet

The life of a single mom of color in academia: Challenges and rewards / Jacqueline C Henninger

“So, who’s the real mother?”: Reflections of a queer music teacher educator / Erin M Hansen

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Kate Fitzpatrick-Harnish

Perspectives of a mother and daughter on growing up in the academy / Linda Thornton and Layla Thornton

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Linda Thornton and Layla Thornton

Music education, motherhood, and mental health / Shawn L O’Connor

Pregnancy, the academy, and marching band: An autoethnography / Michquelena Potlunas Ferguson

The countdown of two clocks: Pregnancy and the pre-tenure years / Vanessa L Bond

Reflecting and reimagining: Entering motherhood at mid-career / Christa R Kuebel

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Robin Giebelhausen

Memories from an empty nester professor / Debbie Rohwer

The courses of a scholarly life / Janet Revell Barrett

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Erin Hansen

Hatchlin’ hatchling(s): Experiences of becoming a stepmother, mother, and early childhood music coordinator / Robin Giebelhausen

A season of loss and learning: Becoming a (single) mother scholar / Libby Hearn

The question / Eve E Harwood

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Jacqueline C Henninger

Parenting in academia: Balance or permeable boundaries / Angela M Munroe

Creating boundaries as a mothering professor / Raychl Smith

Navigating motherhood within dual-career academic families / Jessica Vaughan-Marra and Melissa Baughman

A moment to pause: “Brief anecdotes, quotes, photos, and reflections on mothering shared by our authors” / Elizabeth Cassidy Parker

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 17, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version : Kate Fitzpatrick-Harnish and Bridget Sweet, Motherhood in the music education academy,

ISBN:

9780197793534

0197793533

9780197793497

0197793495

OCLC:

1531380081

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