A 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.Â
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.
Contributors: Lee Skallerup Bessette, Cynthia Ganote, Emily O.
Gravett, Hillary Hutchinson, Tiffany D. Johnson, Bridget Lepore,
Jennifer Marlow, Sharon Michler, Marie Moeller, Valerie Murrenus
Pilmaier, Catherine Ross, Kristi Rudenga, Katherine Segal, Kryss
Shane, Jennifer Snodgrass, Lindsay Steiner, Kristi Verbeke
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