The Slow Professor (FBG)

Faculty Book Group | Fall 2018 | Meeting 1

Oct 22, 2018 [ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR]
11:30am-12:30pm
348, James E. Walker Library (LIB)
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*NOTE: The book group is full. Please email Sheila Otto directly if you'd like to be added to the waitlist.*

You are invited to join a group of colleagues who will be reading and discussing the book The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy, by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber.  

The publisher’s website describes the book as follows:

If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock, demanding increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless of the consequences for education and scholarship.

In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter this erosion of humanistic education. Focusing on the individual faculty member and his or her own professional practice, Berg and Seeber present both an analysis of the culture of speed in the academy and ways of alleviating stress while improving teaching, research, and collegiality.  

The group will be facilitated by Joan McRae and will meet three times:

October 22, November 5, November 19

11:30-12:30

LT&ITC, Library 348  

Each participant will be provided with a copy of the book in advance of the first meeting.  

Participation is limited; if you are interested in joining the group, please register as soon as possible.  

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