Full Description
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.
Contents
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
