Military Spouses with Graduate Degrees

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Thriving amidst Uncertainty
Herausgeber: Belding, Jennifer N.; Hernández, Leandra Hinojosa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With contributors in the fields of communication, psychology, English, law, and others, Navigating Life with a Graduate Degree as a Military Spouse: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Thriving amidst Uncertainty utilizes interdisciplinary theories, methods, and approaches to study the educational and career experiences of military spouses with advanced degrees. The contributors to this volume analyze the challenges, struggles, and positive aspects of being a military spouse with an advanced degree in both academic and professional contexts. The chapters cover chronological approaches to academic and military identities; academic, professional, and military challenges; and strategies for enhancing academic, military, and professional life. This book expands and focuses on the unique challenges military spouses encounter while in graduate school and while transitioning out of graduate programs into academic and professional contexts, and provides a new resource for military and academic researchers, scholars, and practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9781498582087
• ISBN-10: 1498582087
• Artikelnr.: 54619860

Autorenporträt

Jennifer N. Belding is independent scholar in social psychology. Leandra H. Hernández is lecturer in the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication and Center for Mexican-American Studies at the University of Houston and adjunct faculty member in communication at National University and Trident University International.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Military Spouses with Advanced Degrees: Current Findings and
Pathways Moving Forward Leandra Hinojosa Hernández & Jennifer N. Belding
Chapter 1: Navigating Academic and Military Life: A Personal Journey Marcia
M. Bouchard Chapter 2: Military Spouse Strategies for Navigating Academic
and Personal Life: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Review of Post Graduate
Pursuits Alissa E. Harrison, Annette Maldonado, Beth van Kan, & Henri
Cooper Chapter 3: Cultural Collision: A Review of Literature Amy May and
Victoria McDermott Chapter 4: Exploring Identity, Professionalism, and
Patriotism within a Multicultural Military Relationship: Intimacy Overseas
Precious Yamaguchi Chapter 5: Becoming Whole: Balancing Dual Identities as
a Graduate Student Marine Wife Elise Dixon Chapter 6: Military Spouses'
Uncertainty Management: Navigating Academic Goals and Military Needs
Michael Sollitto and Catherine Cole Chapter 7: Military Spouses, Advanced
Degrees, and the Myth of Keeping Busy Abby E. Murray Chapter 8: Counsel for
the Military Spouse: Law School, the Bar Exam, and Beyond Katherine Lee
Goyette Chapter 9: Joining the Ranks: Considering Military Spouse Life as a
Lesbian Graduate Student Karen Tannenbaum Chapter 10: Overcoming Obstacles:
A Practical Guide to Meaningful Employment as a Military Spouse Georgia K.
Jones & Lindsey Lee Chapter 11: Military Spouses with Advanced Degrees: A
Unique Subpopulation to Study for the Science of Motivation and Goal
Pursuit Jennifer N. Belding Chapter 12: 'We Get It Done Because We Have
To:' Military Spouses with Advanced Degrees, Career and Educational
Experiences, and Grit Amongst Uncertainty Leandra Hinojosa Hernández
Chapter 13: Conclusion: Advice from the Trenches Jennifer N. Belding &
Leandra Hinojosa Hernández