View from Venus

2.10 Faculty Well-being and Productivity with Rebecca Pope-Ruark

Episode Summary

In this week's episode, guest expert Rebecca Pope-Ruark, the teaching and learning specialist for the Center for Teaching and Learning at Georgia Institute of Technology, joins us to talk about faculty burnout, setting boundaries, and ways to develop a healthy relationship with productivity. We wrap up with our best tips and advice for preventing burnout and at the end we'll have an assignment for our listeners- we'll ask you to think about your own relationship with productivity and to share your story with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG and @UVenus on Twitter or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share, retweet, and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus , Twitter @UVenus , and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

Episode Notes

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

• Tips and advice for preventing burnout.
• Ways to support faculty well-being. 
• Rebecca's forthcoming book,  Professor Burnout: Identifying, Addressing, and Destigmatizing Faculty Burnout in Higher Education. 
• The relationship between burnout and productivity.
• Lessons for creating boundaries and doing good boundary maintenance.
• The relationship between coaching and well-being and how this fits into Rebecca's career trajectory. 

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Rebecca Pope-Ruark
• Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning
• Agile Faculty: Practical Strategies for Managing Research, Service, and Teaching
• Slow Hustle Mastermind with Katie Linder

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia