Teaching in Higher Ed

Teaching in Higher Ed


Unraveling Faculty Burnout

April 07, 2022

Rebecca Pope-Ruark talks about her book, Unraveling Faculty Burnout, on episode 408 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.


Quotes from the episode

Higher ed will take as much as you give it.


There is a lot of shame attached to a diagnosis of burnout.

-Rebecca Pope-Ruark


Burnout is not something we talk about in higher education.

-Rebecca Pope-Ruark


We all know someone who is burned out but we don’t necessarily know that they are because it is not talked about.

-Rebecca Pope-Ruark


There is a stigma of talking about burnout.

-Rebecca Pope-Ruark


Going through burnout doesn’t mean you are bad academic.

-Rebecca Pope-Ruark


Perfection is a comparison disease.

-Rebecca Pope-Ruark


We will never be perfect. There is no such thing as perfect.

-Rebecca Pope-Ruark


Higher ed will take as much as you give it.

-Rebecca Pope-Ruark



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