Author: Kristin Croyle, PhD Here’s a multiple-choice question for you. This one is “mark all that apply:” Lately I have been feeling: Does any of that sound familiar? If so, you can join the burnout club. Many of us have experiences of burnout periodically in our careers both as students and as faculty. What is … Read more
A Surprising Reason Why Lying Down and Closing Your Eyes for 20 Minutes Might be the Best Productivity Tool of All Author: Benita Jackson, PhD MPH I have seen the United Nations reports about the climate crisis. And I wonder, what possibly can I do in this critical next decade or so that is calling for decisive … Read more
Author: Kerry Ann Rockquemore, PhD Originally posted on Inside Higher Ed. One of the most pervasive problems I see among academic writers is perfectionism. It’s so ubiquitous and manifests in so many ugly ways that I’ve decided to dedicate a five-part series to overcoming academic perfectionism. And yes, there’s a unique flavor to academic perfectionism and … Read more
The thrill of being hired for a tenure-track job is often quickly replaced by feeling all alone in a new town, far from your loved ones. New faculty often feel so thankful to have landed a tenure-track job that it’s hard to also talk honestly about the fact that there are real challenges to settling … Read more
Author: Kerry Ann Rockquemore, PhD How to Make a Decision Interested in joining us for an upcoming session of our Faculty Success Program? We know that deciding whether to participate in the program is a big decision. It requires a significant amount of time, funds, and energy. And while you might have seen the qualitative and quantitative … Read more