Welcome to this special mini-season of the agile academic where my co-editor Lee Skallerup Bessette and I introduce our edited collection Of Many Minds: Mental Health and Neurodiversity Among Higher Education Faculty and Staff out now ...

Welcome to this special mini-season of the agile academic where my co-editor Lee Skallerup Bessette and I introduce our edited collection Of Many Minds: Mental Health and Neurodiversity Among Higher Education Faculty and Staff out now ...

In this special episode of the agile academic, Dr. Stephanie Gilbert and I discuss our grief experiences and her research on bereavement in the workplace. 

On season 4 episode 6 of the agile academic, I’m joined Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal, law professor, speaker, and author. We talk about neurodiversity and mental health, stigma in higher ed, and being well. 

On season 4 episode 5 of the agile academic, I talk with Dr. Stephanie Cawthon, professor of education at the University of Texas Austin, leader, educator, and disability advocate. We discuss the importance of connection, disability in higher e...

On season 4 episode 4 of the agile academic, I chat with Dr. Jen Heemstra, chair and professor of chemistry at Washington University of St. Louis. Jen and I cover culture, leadership, failure, and what it means to be a mentor. 

On season 4 episode 3 of the agile academic, I sit down with Dr. Tracie Addy, Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at Lafayette College and co-author of the book What Inclusive Teachers Do. Tracie and I chat about her purpose in adv...

On season 4 episode 2 of the agile academic, I talk with Dr. Annmarie Caño, higher ed leader, coach, and professor of psychology at Gonzaga University, about transforming culture and transformational change in higher ed.

On season 4 episode 1 of the agile academic, I chat with Dr. Elizabeth Wardle, professor and director of the Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University of Ohio. Liz and I talk about the political situation in Ohio, its impact on hig...

Chapter 5 of Unraveling Faculty Burnout looks at connection, the topic of this mini-episode.

In this mini-episode I share a selection from Chapter 4 on compassion from my book, Unraveling Faculty Burnout.

On this episode of the agile academic, I share an excerpt from the first of the four burnout resilience chapters in Unraveling Faculty Burnout – chapter 3 on purpose.canv

Thanks for listening to this mini-episode of the agile academic podcast for women in higher ed based on my book Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways for Reckoning and Renewal. The book is available from Johns Hopkins University Press, ...

In this episode, I give you a sneak peak into Chapter 1 of Unraveling Faculty Burnout on higher ed culture.

On this episode, the last of season three, I share some of my own advocacy work related to burnout. 

On this episode, Dr. Kelly J. Baker and I have an engaging conversation about taking winding career paths, being authors, and how our mental health impacts our work. 

Rebecca Pope-Ruark: Dr. Buffie Longmire-Avital joins me on this episode. A psychologist and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging advocate, we talk about research and springs from personal experience and who gets to sit at the table. ...

On this episode I’m joined by Dr. Lindsay Masland, psychologist, educational developer, and rule-breaker. We talk about breath, liberation, and ease in the context of values and work.

On this episode , I speak with Dr. Viji Sathy about purpose, values, and inclusion.

In episode 3 of season 3, I speak with Dr. Cate Denial about her concept of a pedagogy of kindness and how boundaries are a kindness in and of themselves.

On episode 2 of season 3, I talk with Dr. Lauren Cagle about flexibility, academic labor, and speaking truth to power.

On this first episode of season 3, I talk with Dr. Lee Skallerup Bessette about pedagogy and technology, neurodivergence, and affective labor.

In this episode, I recruited 5 coaching friends to share their thoughts of starting off the new year win intention.

In this between-isode, Rebecca picks up the thread about values from the previous episode on vitality vs. flourishing and shares an except from her upcoming book, Unraveling Faculty Burnout (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022).

In this between-isode I share my thoughts on the concepts of vitality and flourishing in your work life and share excerpts from a blog post and from Agile Faculty on the subject.