Balancing Priorities in the Academic Workplace

Balancing Priorities in the Academic Workplace :Research, Teaching, and Academic Service Roles

Areej Al-Wabil, PhDNovember 13, 2012

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In academia..

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Work-Life Balance?

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Balance-Stability vs Priorities-Momentum

“It’s not like a see-saw,.. with research on one end and teaching on the other; it’s more like a bicycle that I’m riding.

In other words, the “thing” being balanced is me, not some object outside of me. And it’s movement that keeps me upright.” ~Libby Gruner

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How do Professors spend their time?

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Research, Teaching, ServiceResearch

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Research..

Research gets the shortest shrift, at least in my experience,

because it makes the quietest demands

Heat map

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Research

Gaze Plots

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Research

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=961

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Research – Management Framework

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Research Dissemination

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Research, Teaching, ServiceTeaching

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Teaching

Reshape my research program to integrate it with my teaching

Shape my courses around my research activities and interests

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Research, Teaching, ServiceAcademic Service

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Academic Service

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Administrative roles

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Do what you love; love what you do

My work is an expression of my creative process; work-life balance is sought by having them both integrated into one fulfilling journey.

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With shifting priorities, Are we seeking balance..

Balance is an elusive concept in so many ways..

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..or momentum?

momentum.. Shifting priorities.. moving at a slower pace, but moving

Thank You!Balancing Priorities in the Academic Workplace

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November 13, 2012