Beech Haley H, Sutton Amber, Cheatham Leah
School of Social Work, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA.
Qual Soc Work. 2021 Mar;20(1-2):625-631. doi: 10.1177/1473325020973328.
As women who have dual roles as parents and academicians, COVID-19 has presented new challenges and opportunities that have impacted our personal and professional lives. This essay provides insight into unique obstacles from the perspective of mothers, researchers, and social workers and challenges the traditional models of work/life balance as professionals in academics. This reflexive essay provides the narratives and experiences of one assistant professor and two doctoral students who are learning to navigate motherhood and professional responsibilities amidst a global pandemic. The prologue presents a perspective from a current assistant professor and her lived experiences followed by the reflections of two doctoral students on how to navigate the academy as mothers and as women. In addition to our personal stories and narratives, we hope to challenge, inspire, and reimagine how our dual roles can be viewed as an asset, rather than a weakness and encourage others in the academy to rise and support women.
作为身兼父母和学者双重角色的女性，新冠疫情带来了新的挑战与机遇，影响了我们的个人生活和职业生活。本文从母亲、研究者和社会工作者的视角深入探讨了独特的障碍，并对学术界专业人士传统的工作/生活平衡模式提出了挑战。这篇反思性文章呈现了一位助理教授和两名博士生在全球疫情期间学习如何兼顾为人母的责任和职业职责的经历与叙述。引言部分先呈现了一位现任助理教授的观点及其生活经历，随后是两名博士生对于如何以母亲和女性的身份在学术界发展的思考。除了我们的个人故事和叙述之外，我们希望挑战、启发并重新构想如何将我们的双重角色视为一种资产而非弱点，并鼓励学术界的其他人挺身而出支持女性。
