Navigating the Two-Body Problem
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
What the two-body problem is
Dr. Kelly Baker’s experience on the academic job market as a wife and mother
How gender bias can play out in academic job searches
Why the three-body problem is a more accurate framing of this issue
How Kelly reimagined herself and her skill set for jobs outside the professoriate
Kelly and Chris’s advice to other dual-career academic couples
Our guests are: Dr. Kelly J. Baker and Dr. Chris Baker. Kelly is a religious studies Ph.D. and writer. She's the author of five books, including Sexism Ed…
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