Show notes
Rebecca Pope-Ruark talks about her book, Unraveling Faculty Burnout, on episode 408 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
There is a lot of shame attached to a diagnosis of burnout.
Burnout is not something we talk about in higher education.
We all know someone who is burned out but we don’t necessarily know that they are because it is not talked about.
There is a stigma of talking about burnout.
Going through burnout doesn’t mean you are bad academic.
Perfection is a comparison disease.
We will never be perfect. There is no such thing as perfect.
Higher ed will take as much as you give it.
Resources
- Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal, by Rebecca Pope-Ruark
- Agile Faculty: Practical Strategies for Managing Research, Service, and Teaching, by Rebecca Pope-Ruark
- Beating Pandemic Burnout, by Rebecca Pope-Ruark
- World Health Organization’s definition of burnout
- Episode 219 with Rebecca Pope-Ruark on Agile Faculty