Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal

Faculty often talk about how busy, overwhelmed, and stressed they are. These qualities are seen as badges of honor in a capitalist culture that values productivity above all else. But for many women in higher education, exhaustion and stress go far deeper than end-of-the-semester malaise.

Burnout, a mental health syndrome caused by chronic workplace stress, is endemic to higher education in a patriarchal,...