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The Summer Break That Isn’t
Faculty need to be able to use the time in ways they can return rested and renewed in the fall, but that often doesn’t happen, writes Susannah M. Givens.
A Leadership Position We Aren’t Prepared For
Faculty members who run a lab have a research job and a leadership job, but they are often only trained for one of those, Jen Heemstra writes.
2 Factors Challenging Faculty’s Sense of Inclusion
Pandemic-related caregiving burdens and health concerns have played a particularly large role, write Shuyin Liu, Dessie Clark, Laurel Smith-Doerr and Joya Misra.
COVID’s Lasting Impacts on Faculty Inclusion
Think the pandemic is well behind us? Survey data shows feelings of inclusion have continued dropping as a result of it, write Laurel Smith-Doerr, Joya Misra, Shuyin Liu and Dessie Clark.
Write a Book, No Matter What
As an early academic, it will not only help you create a scholarly identity and enrich your teaching, but it will also allow you to shape the career you want, writes En Li.
In Praise of Ditching the Summer To-Do List
Melissa Nicolas describes how giving up her guilt about not checking things off such a list has helped her actually have a very productive summer.
3 Ways to Improve Your Summer Writing Practice
Erin Marie Furtak has found that asking herself three questions has helped her transition not just out of the academic year but also back into the fall term.
Do Teachers Fetishize Technology?
Whether or not we believe in techno-progress, we are incentivized to constantly develop pedagogies involving new technologies, writes Adam Szetela.