Description
Book SynopsisA timely book about assessing, coping with, and mitigating burnout in higher education.
Faculty often talk about how busy, overwhelmed, and stressed they are. These qualities are seen as badges of honor in a capitalist culture that values productivity above all else. But for many women in higher education, exhaustion and stress go far deeper than end-of-the-semester malaise.
Burnout, a mental health syndrome caused by chronic workplace stress, is endemic to higher education in a patriarchal, productivity-obsessed culture. In this unique book for women in higher education, Rebecca Pope-Ruark, PhD, draws from her own burnout experience, as well as collected stories of faculty in various roles and career stages, interviews with coaches and educational developers, and extensive secondary research to address and mitigate burnout. Pope-Ruark lays out four pillars of burnout resilience for faculty members: purpose, compassion, connection, and balance. Each chapter contai
Table of Contents
Burnout: An Unraveling or A Reckoning?
Chapter 1. Culture
Chapter 2. Academic Identity
Chapter 3. Purpose
Chapter 4. Compassion
Chapter 5. Connection
Chapter 6. Balance
Coda
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. Special Advice For Educational Developers
Appendix 2. Bonus Interviews
Appendix 3. Additional Activities For Self-Exploration
Appendix 4. Reflecting On Your Relationship With Work And Burnout
References
Index
