“Don’t have a baby.” Women academics with whom I’ve recently spoken all report having heard the above comment from co-workers at least once. I’ve been having a lot of these conversations with Ph.D. students and with new faculty who are also new mothers. Here are some of the other comments they’ve gotten — not only […]

Marybeth Gasman
Marybeth Gasman is a professor of higher education in the graduate school of education at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions and holds secondary appointments in History, Africana Studies, and the School of Social Policy and Practice.