Parenthood in AcademiaApr 9, 2024

🙌 Huge shoutout to @FAccT for lowering conference access barriers! #Travel #InternetBandwidth #Caretaker grants & #RegistrationWaivers! THAT'S responsible! 💯 Actions > words. Conference organizers, it's 2024! DEI chairs can make the "impossible" possible w/ planning!

#ParenthoodInAcademia #AcademicParent #ChildcareSupport

MichelleDec 6, 2023
Are you done yet?

Almost! Slowly getting through revisions. Bringing in some more contemporary literature. The past few weeks since my thesis defence have been intense. I am only just now getting back into normal rhythm but somehow I have managed to make progress on my revisions despite life and work adding layers. Pup is happy to be back to our normal routine! Goal is to have all my revisions done before the end of February. The end is in sight! Between work, being an #AcademicParent and dragging this thesis towards the finish line, I am ready for a vacation! Or at least to have one less thing on my plate! Onward!

#PhDLife #AmWriting #AmReading #Revisions #AmEditing #AcademicWriting #DogsOfMastodon #Dog #Puppy #WritingBuddy
Jilly MacKayOct 26, 2023
A paper accepted on the last day of the working week. You know, when I was an Early Career Researcher this would be cause for slacking off all the rest of the day. Might revisit that time honoured tradition today as an #AcademicParent 😴
MichelleOct 25, 2023
Defence prep continues! Diving into more contemporary and adjacent literature. I'm tired. I would gladly be snoozing alongside the pup. The determined march towards the finish line continues! Slowly, slowly, slowly.

Is it bad that I am more excited about the possibility of having one less thing to do (eventually) than I am about the possibility of crossing the finish line?

#PhDLife #DefencePrep #AcademicParent #DogsOfMastodon #SleepingPuppy
MichelleSep 26, 2023
Ravioli technique has improved! These are stuffed with roasted squash, ricotta, and thyme. So good! Served with a sausage and tomato sauce with fresh romano on top. Lots of pasta left over so rolled out some fettuccine too.

One of the best things about making pasta is the clamp that attaches the pasta maker to the table doesn't fit! So you must have help to crank, hold the pasta maker, and feed the pasta through! So much fun!

Over supper we had a cool little chat about where all the ingredients came from, what we could trace, what we couldn't, and how far each ingredient travelled. Sometimes taking your work home is delicious!

#FoodPolitics #AcademicParent #LocalFood #EatLocal #FoodMiles #EatSeasonally #SeasonalFood #AutumnFood
#CookingWithKids
#Pasta #FreshPasta #Homemade #HomemadePasta #WhatsForDinner #FromScratch #Cooking
Show threadNoraGottliebSep 13, 2023

If you’re going to the European #publichealth Conference this coming November, please write to them and ask for childcare services (even if not relevant 4U).
Offering childcare would be one small thing EUPHA could do to make this conference a bit more inclusive.

#eph2023
#equity
#inclusion
#AcademicParent
#AcademicParenting
#academicchatter
#academicconference
#DecolonizeGlobalHealth

NoraGottliebSep 13, 2023

The European Public Health Conference, which is all about equity, diversity & inclusion, does (once again) not offer any childcare.

I'd really think that in a registration fee of – believe it or not - 775€ (and that’s the early bird fee!), childcare could be included.

(I personally will gladly leave my kids at home. But it’d be important for those who don't have that option.)

#eph2023
#publichealth
#equity
#inclusion
#AcademicParent
#academicchatter
#DecolonizeGlobalHealth

Hope SaraSep 4, 2023
Today's reading has me excited: Cheeseman, N. and Dodsworth, S. (2023) 📖​ Defending Civic Space: When are Campaigns against Repressive Laws Successful? 🤓​ #academicmastodon #academicchatter #momademia #academicparent #phdparent
Hope SaraAug 10, 2023

Dropping L off at nursery this morning was horrific. She cried and ran back towards me and had to be scooped up by a member of staff. My heart cracked. I felt like a failure and that I was failing her. We turned the corner and looked through the window and she was already happy and smiling and distracted by the other kiddos and the prospect of breakfast. I know she’s fine. I know she’s better than fine and is enjoying herself and loving nursery. But the drop offs hurt so much and leave me feeling drowned in guilt.

#momademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicParent #mumguilt #momguilt #pgrparent #phdlife #workingmum #workingparent

Show threadParenthood in AcademiaJul 23, 2023
📊 Survey Results! Insights from 123 participants, 39 countries, from students to professors. Let's use these insights to foster an inclusive and supportive academic community! http://bit.ly/parenthood_survey2023_results
#ParenthoodInAcademia #phdlife #AcademicParent
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