The Chronicle of Higher Education

Papers and Pampers

The challenges of attending a scholarly meeting, children in tow

By ROBIN WILSON

New Orleans

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...

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