Faculty Reading Group
Each semester, faculty gather to read and discuss a book on teaching and learning.
Join the reading group
Each fall, CETL hosts a reading group open to all university faculty. CETL purchases books for attendees, which are available for pick-up in advance of our first meeting. We meet three times over the course of the semester to discuss the selected book.
Please note: This reading group is for faculty members (full-time or part-time) only. Graduate students are invited to join the Graduate Reading Group.
Fall 2024
This fall, we’ll be reading Rebecca Pope-Ruark’s book Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal. Our discussions will provide an opportunity to discuss themes of the book with colleagues across the UM faculty community.
Sessions will be held via Zoom on three Fridays during the fall semester:
- Friday, October 11, 12:00-1:00 pm
- Friday, November 1, 12:00-1:00 pm
- Friday, November 8, 12:00-1:00 pm
Register for the Faculty Reading Group
Learn more about the Fall 2024 title
Rebecca Pope-Ruark’s Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal draws on the author’s own burnout experience and tells the stories of other faculty members, particularly women, who have dealt with the fallout of chronic workplace stress. Pope-Ruark lays out four pillars of burnout resilience for faculty members—purpose, compassion, connection, and balance—and makes suggestions about how to address burnout on both individual and systemic levels.