Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Moments That Became a Book-The Need for Intersectional Women's Narratives in Academia; The Political Contexts of Women's Experiences; Intersectionality and Women in Academia; Feminism, Intersectionality, and This Book; Part I: The Superwoman Complex: The Challenges of Family Life for Women in the Academy; Part II: The Less Traveled and Less Valued Pathways: Examining the Devaluation of Women's Contributions to the Academy; Part III: The Importance of Intersectionality: Exploring the Diversities of Women in the Academy

Part IV: Vulnerability in the Academy: Women Explore Emotionality, Affect, and Self-CareHonoring Hidden and Suppressed Narratives; References; Part I The Superwoman Complex: The Challenges of Family Life for Women in the Academy; Chapter 2 "I Would Never Let My Wife Do That": The Stories We Tell to Stay Afloat; Dissatisfaction; Permission; Initiation; Performance; Revision; Continuation; References; Chapter 3 Building a Compass: Leaving, Loss, and Daughterhood in Academia; Leaving; Building Multiple Compasses; From; Leaving; Loss; Shift; Returns; References

Chapter 4 The Undecided Narratives of Becoming-Mother, Becoming-Ph.D.Motherhood; Motherhood/Work; Motherhood/Work/Undecided; Becoming-Multiple; Coda; References; Chapter 5 Showing Up; Getting There; Getting Through, Getting By; Getting Better; Getting to Class; Reference; Chapter 6 Superwoman Goes Camping: The On-Going Quest to Right-Size My Life; Career as Camping; Does Superwoman Own a Tent or Drive an RV?; Every Day, Another Opportunity to Fuel the RV or Enjoy the Tent; Embracing the Tent

Part II The Less Traveled and Less Valued Pathways: Examining the Devaluation of Women's Contributions to the AcademyChapter 7 There and Back and There Again: Notes on a Professional Journey; Beginning of the Journey; Charting a Path; Diversions, Timing, and Detours; Charting a Professional Life; Mapping a Career; Looking Back on My Journey; Chapter 8 A Woman's Worth: Valuing Self, Risk, and (Re)vision; Risk and (Trans)Formation; Fourth-Grade Excitement; In My Clinic; My World as a Teaching Academic; The (Un)Familiar: The Not New of Newness; Unwieldy but Highly Valued and Traveled; References

Chapter 9 The Ancestral Double Dutch: From Cotton Myths to Future DreamsOn My Way Back; Cotton Myths; Survival; Mapping; Dreaming of Darkness; References; Part III The Importance of Intersectionality: Exploring the Diversities of Women in the Academy; Chapter 10 Honest and Uncomfortable: A Loving Look at My Exclusive Campus; Just One Small Thing; Me, Briefly; My Work; Getting Woke; Inclusion: "Easy" as 1-2-3; Safety; It's on All of Us; A Willingness to Change; References; Chapter 11 Afro-Puerto Rican Primas: Identity, Pedagogy, and Solidarity; Situating Our Her Story; Tides of Consciousness