Rose Shepherd

Dr. Rose Shepherd


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 October 2021 in Safety Science
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RSRose Shepherd
Rose Shepherd
LLLaura Lorente
Laura Lorente
MVMichela Vignoli
Michela Vignoli
KNKarina Nielsen
Karina Nielsen
JPJosé María Peiró
José María Peiró

1 July 2021 in Safety Science
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KNKarina Nielsen
Karina Nielsen
RSRose Shepherd
Rose Shepherd
MVMichela Vignoli
Michela Vignoli
LLLaura Lorente
Laura Lorente

2 April 2026 in Gender, Work & Organization
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NLNicola Lawrence‐Thomas
Nicola Lawrence‐Thomas
RSRose Shepherd
Rose Shepherd
In this analytical essay, we use our embodied career experiences to explore infertility at work, placing our “infertile body” at the center of analysis. We consider the ways in which infertility has impacted our identities, careers, and timelines. By laying bare our experiences of battling infertility while trying to maintain a career in academia, we illustrate how infertility introduces a liminality that “leaks” across domains: shaping identity, distorting temporality, and ultimately reshaping how we engage with our careers. After years of infertility, we found ourselves in a state of “career liminality,” where our agency and sense of self became so eroded that proactively managing our careers was no longer possible. We highlight infertility as a major, yet under‐recognized, contextual factor shaping women's career progression, and suggest that this area demands urgent scholarly attention. In breaking our silence, we aim to open a conversation and encourage other scholars to develop this conversation further.