Enter, the Chorus: An Ethnodrama of Academic Motherhood in (and Beyond) the COVID-19 Pandemic

Stephanie Anne Shelton, Kelly W. Guyotte, Carlson H. Coogler, Shelly Melchior, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Department of Educational Studies, University of Alabama, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Baylor University, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of West Alabama

Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies

Published online on February 12, 2026

Abstract

Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 254-265, June 2026.
How might ethnodrama (re)present ways that academic mothers responded to the collision of work/home, especially as it was intensified by virtual/electronic tools like Zoom? In 2021, we interviewed 54 academic mothers about their experiences in the United ...