Getting it Right: Motherhood or Career?

Laraine T. Zappert, Ph.D.,

Adjunct Clinical Professor,

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,

Stanford University School of Medicine;

Director, Sexual Harassment Policy Office

Dr. Zappert has been at Stanford University for 26 years, researching issues of women, work and well being. She is the mother of two current Stanford graduate students. Although she is not convinced that careers and motherhood are always compatible, Dr. Zappert currently works as a psychologist in private practice at Stanford, teaches in the Department of Psychiatry, and directs the Sexual Harassment Policy Office at the University.