If you’ve read these pages in the past three years, you’ve seen me write a lot about burnout and its impact on faculty well-being and institutional culture. The World Health Organization (2019) defines burnout as “a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” It has three defining characteristics: chronic exhaustion, increased mental distance or cynicism toward the job, and reduced job efficacy (or the perception of such).
From “Rename and Remain” to “Reframe and Regain”: Reimagining Campus Inclusiveness
In my last article, I highlighted the crucial strategies of “person-first” and “targeted universalism” amid the wave of anti-DEI legislation in higher education. Initially, many of us embraced a “rename
Molly Kerby
July 7, 2025
