Associate Professor Brenda Bushouse (political science and public policy) will speak on a panel called “Mothers in Academia” on Friday, Feb. 15, in Campus Center Room 803 from 2 to 4 p.m.
The panel is presented by the UMass Center for Teaching and Faculty Development’s Mutual Mentoring Initiative. It will feature contributors to the forthcoming book Mothers in Academia (Columbia University Press, May 2013) who will discuss their experiences with the conditions of working motherhood and academic life.
Panelists include:
- Kirsten Isgro, SUNY Plattsburgh
- Vanessa Adel, UMass Amherst
- Wendy Wilde, UMass Amherst
- Allia Matta, CUNY LaGuardia Community College
- Brenda Bushouse, UMass Amherst
- Mari Castañeda, UMass Amherst, moderator