Maintaining balance between being a chemistry professor and being a mother is a rewarding experience that brings about many learning moments both professionally and personally. The skills one gains in balancing success through the tenure process through promotion to full professor range from the art of multitasking, to patience and lots of endurance. Often such skills are sought by university leaders and are tapped into to help drive important initiatives. Having spent over three years serving as an Associate Dean for Research followed by being an Associate Vice President for Research, I have found new ways to maintain life balance while keeping the lab active. This talk will focus on the importance of building a strategic plan for research that integrates one’s role as a mother through various stages of the pathway from postdoctoral training to rising through the ranks of the professoriate and into administration. Establishing tactics to navigate the process requires various support systems that often are untapped. The presentation will further demonstrate various approaches for life-long habits to maximize productivity, build networks and adapt to various environments. Critical examples of strategies for success from the literature as well as personal experiences will be presented.

Mom the chemistry professor goes into university administration: Rebalancing the equation for success

256th National Meeting (2018)

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