What is your passion?
By Donald E. Hall (Lehigh)
When I published The Academic Self: An Owner’s Manual (Ohio State University Press) 10 years ago, there was one point I hoped to make above all others: I wanted academic readers to understand the absolute necessity of continuously working to sort out what we can change or influence in our own lives and selves, and what we cannot.
Much has changed since then, but I believe that point is just as valid today.
Back in 2002, my work life was so hectic that I had to microschedule everything just to keep my sanity intact. I was working at California State University at Northridge, a teaching-intensive institution, holding two administrative appointments, and commuting two or sometimes three hours a day on Los Angeles freeways.
The context of my work has changed significantly in the past decade. I have made two Continue reading “The Distracted Academic Self”
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