This past week I attended the campus presentation from Sarah Rose Cavanagh. She is a psychology professor and the senior associate director for teaching and learning at the Center for Faculty Excellence at Simmons University.… Read More »Hope in a Time of Monsters: Reflexions to Support Students
Many people in higher education expressed concerns about mental health and burn out right after the pandemic and at times it felt the topic was discussed everywhere. Many months later I am not sure things… Read More »Tips for Faculty: Dealing with Stress
By Patrick Beauchesne, Hub Faculty Affiliate 2022 (added to blog by Jessica Riviere) “The physiological response to stress…evolved in the context of acute stressors. The chronic nature of stress in modern life forces the body… Read More »Collective Care is Self-Care
Author: Patrick Beauchesne one of our 2021-2022 Hub Faculty Affiliates Photo by Stefano Pollio on Unsplash “A punishing intensification of work has become an endemic feature of academic life. Again, serious discussion of this is… Read More »The Invisible Wounds of Workaholism: Pushing Back Against Academic Conventions
This post is guest authored by Wiola Rębecka Note: While this post isn’t directly about teaching, it connects to themes in other Hub Blog posts, such as Dr. Mays Imad Keynote, and describes a crisis… Read More »War Trauma, Ukraine 2022
In the era of remote learning, student group chats should be encouraged—not regarded with suspicion and punished. They carry many benefits for both faculty and students, promoting peer learning and providing a source of community… Read More »Humanizing Higher Education Through Group Chats
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute 15 seconds This is still a semester to approach with care, for both faculty and students. We know faculty are facing unusual challenges and taking on significant work. Many of our… Read More »Avoiding Incompletes: Strategies to Help Underperforming Students