Teachers Pumping in Schools

Feminized Bodies, Firsthand Accounts, and Advocacy
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-02846-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Routledge Research in Education

Teachers Pumping in Schools chronicles the daily, visceral experiences of U.S. teachers balancing infant feeding and full-time work.

Based on interviews with K-12 teachers expressing milk at work in the United States, the author uses poetic inquiry to bring to life the journeys of teachers as they navigate time, space, and policies related to pumping and to parental leave. The book documents teachers sharing their joys, frustrations, advice, and movements to change the structure of schools to become more friendly to the bodily needs of lactating employees. Perspectives from public health officials, school administrators, and community experts further contextualize the problem of insufficient scheduling, space, and the lack of parental leave often encountered by lactating teachers. Grounded in feminist and social reproduction theories, the author illustrates how theory can be a practical tool for reimagining everyday practices within the current patriarchal, capitalist design of schools.

This forward-thinking volume is essential reading for researchers, activists, and educators interested in feminist theory, social reproduction theory, poetic inquiry and arts-based research methodology, and social justice education.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toedt, Elise

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Context Chapter 2: Reproductive Labor in Schools: How Capitalism Invisiblizes Carework and Why it Matters to Teachers Chapter 3: Teaching Versus Lactation: Incompatible Rules and Division of Labor Chapter 4: It's A Girl Problem and It’s Your Problem: Misfits in the Institutional Design Chapter 5: How Teachers Feel Pumping at Work: Taking Emotions into Account Chapter 6: Ways Forward: Personal and Collective Moves Chapter 7: Afterword: For Methodology Enthusiasts Chapter 8: The Poems, Compiled

Über Autor(innen)

Elise Toedt is a researcher, poet and teacher. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her current research focuses on the embodied experiences of teachers in schools as they navigate time, space, and workplace policies related to lactation, parental leave, and childcare. Her wider research interests include: Care work and its place within capitalist systems, the impact of intersectional identities on teaching praxis, critical creative writing pedagogies, and feminist, arts-based research methodologies. Toedt’s creative and scholarly work has been published in books and in a range of research journals, including International Review of Qualitative Research, English Journal, and Learning for Justice. Her poetry collection Making Home was published by Finishing Line Press in 2025. Prior to her experience in higher education, Toedt taught secondary English for eight years in urban public schools in Minnesota, United States and in Java, Indonesia.