December 13, 2002

Papers and Pampers

By ROBIN WILSON

The challenges of attending a scholarly meeting, children in tow

As professors from the University of New Orleans laugh and talk over sandwiches, potato chips, and wine in a suite at the Hyatt Regency Hotel here, Danielle F. Wozniak sits in a darkened room next door with her shirt pulled up, nursing her year-old son to sleep.

"I want to wash my forehead," whines Ms. Wozniak's 3-year-old daughter, Eliana, who is supposed to be settling down on the king-size bed next to Ms.

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