YOUR NEXT MOVE
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ
Decemberโs Work: Choosing What Stays
December arrives quietly, but it carries weight. In higher education, December is not an ending. Itโs a hinge โ a threshold between what has been demanded of us and what we may choose next. The semester still presses forward. Budgets tighten. Planning cycles peak. Yet...
Beating the Winter Blues in Academia: Taking Care of Your Mental Health
Winter in academia can feel like a double punch: short days, long nights, and an endless to-do list. Deadlines, teaching, researchโit all keeps piling up while the world outside feels gray and uninviting. For faculty, especially women of color who often shoulder extra...
What Still Counts? | Navigating Ambiguity in Higher Ed
In higher education, leadership used to be measured by stability โ consistency, reliability, steadiness. But as institutions face chronic disruption, shifting metrics, and evolving expectations, the old scorecards no longer capture what leadership truly requires. In...
How Presidents Can Work with Faculty During Crises
Crises in higher education โ whether financial, political, cultural, or public health-related โ place enormous pressure on both institutional leaders and faculty. Presidents and academic leaders are often expected to provide direction, maintain morale, and make...
Haunted, Rebellious, Free โ The Season of Letting Go
Every fall, I feel the same shift. The air thins, the light changes, and the workโsomehowโfeels heavier. Itโs not that the tasks are new. Itโs that the energy carrying them isnโt mine anymore. I can feel the echo of a former version of myself still trying to keep the...
Why Investing in Yourself MattersโAnd How One Hour Can Make a Difference
In higher education, the pressure never seems to let up. Mid-level faculty and administrators juggle teaching, research, service, and leadership responsibilities, often all at once. Itโs easy to feel pulled in a hundred directions, leaving little space to pause and...