The Slow Professor

“The Slow Professor is the single most necessary salve for the frazzled, fractured, bruised, and broken educator trying to do their best in the increasingly inhospitable landscape of the modern university. I need all my friends – hell, my enemies, too – to read this book!” -- Emma Rees, Director, Institute of Gender Studies and Professor, Communication, Screen and Performance, University of Chester, U.K. “Maggie Berg and Barbara Seeber's book defines an ethics for teachers and researchers. This anniversary edition is more relevant than ever: a university without a sense of belonging and care for its community is a university without a purpose, at risk of becoming obsolete.” -- Julien Lefort-Favreau, Associate Professor of French Studies, Queen’s University “Marking the 10-year anniversary of Berg and Seeber’s influential The Slow Professor (2016), this new edition offers fresh insights into the value of intentionality in academic life— – emphasizing the importance of taking time for reflection, dialogue, and deliberate action. New essays from contributing authors provide compelling, real-world examples that illustrate and deepen these enduring ideas.” -- Matthew Fifolt, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Organization and Director, Survey Research Unit, University of Alabama at Birmingham “While academicians are mostly attracted to a life of reading, discussion, and imparting knowledge, our lives have evolved into an ongoing rat race of increased teaching schedules, committee meetings, fund raising, grant deadlines, student recommendation, compliance paperwork, and more. Berg and Seeber remind us of our initial calling and suggest applying principles of the ‘slow’ movement to academic life.” -- Daniel Liechty, Emeritus Professor of Human Development, Illinois State University