Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index.
Contents:
Burnout: an unraveling or a reckoning? -- Culture -- Academic identity -- Purpose -- Compassion -- Connection -- Balance -- Coda -- Acknowledgments -- Appendixes. Special advice for educational developers ; Bonus interviews ; Additional activities for self-exploration ; Reflecting on your relationship with work and burnout -- References -- Index.
Summary:
"This book blends narrative, evidence-based research, professional advice, and reflection opportunities to help faculty in higher education understand career burnout and work to overcome it personally and begin to eradicate the conditions that cause it"-- Provided by publisher. "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 contains relatable stories, reflective opportunities and exercises, and advice from women in higher education. Blending memoir, key research, and reflection opportunities, Pope-Ruark helps faculty not only address burnout personally but also use the tools in this book to eradicate the systemic conditions that cause it in the first place. As burnout becomes more visible, we can destigmatize it by acknowledging that women are not unraveling; instead, women in higher education are reckoning with the productivity cult embedded in our institutions, recognizing how it shapes their understanding and approach to faculty work, and learning how they can remedy it for themselves, their peers, and women faculty in the future." -- Publisher's description
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.