Interview with Dr. Katie B. Garner, Executive Director of the International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship (IAMAS) to talk about mothering, motherhood, carework, the field of motherhood studies and the upcoming 2025 conference: (Re-)Producing Motherhood, Motherwork, and Mothering. 

Topics: 

• Submit abstracts for the 2025 IAMAS Conference HERE
• Apply or nominate an individual or group for the Making Opportunities for Mothers in Academia (MOMA) Award HERE
• The interdisciplinary nature of the field of motherhood studies
• The worth of a mother’s labor
• Carework, AI, technology 
• Motherhood and caregiving as part of identity politics
• The rhetoric of choice that surrounds motherhood 
• The motherhood wage gap

Resources:

• International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship (IAMAS) website
• IAMAS on Facebook
• IAMAS on Instagram
• Dr. Katie B. Garner
• The “Nanny” Question in Feminism by Joan C. Tronto
• Creating Supportive Spaces for Pregnant and Parenting College Students: Contemporary Understandings of Title IX Edited By Catherine L. Riley, Katie B. Garner
• The motherhood wage penalty: A meta-analysis