From the Editors
Richard Badenhausen • Dean of the Honors College • Montana State University • Bozeman, MT
Del Doughty • Dean of the College of Liberal Arts • University of Southern Indiana • Evansville, IN
Bridget Keegan • Dean of Arts and Sciences • Creighton University • Omaha, NE
Sheila Liotta • Vice President for Academic Affairs • Saint Anselm College • Manchester, NH
Brian Norman • Provost and Principal Academic Officer • Antioch College • Yellow Springs, OH
Brian Peterson • Vice President for Academic Affairs • LaGrange College • LaGrange, GA
November 21, 2025
Faculty Wellbeing, Belonging In Academia, Inclusive Excellence, Institutional Resilience, Organizational Trust, Work Life Harmony
Janee Both Gragg • Professor and Chair, * Department of Counseling & Human Services • University of Redlands • Redlands, CA
Ariana Cervantes-Borges • Research Associate and Adjunct Professor, Inland Empire Mental Health Training and Integration Center • University of Redlands • Redlands, CA
November 21, 2025
In an era of rapid change and administrative turnover, faculty wellbeing has become a strategic imperative for sustaining innovation and institutional trust. This piece explores actionable ways to embed mental health, belonging, and purpose into the fabric of higher education—transforming wellbeing from a program to a core value of academic life.
Faculty Workload, Faculty Burnout, Faculty Overload, Institutional Sustainability, Organizational Culture, Student Success
Greg D. Pillar • Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs • Gardner-Webb University • Boiling Springs, NC
November 21, 2025
What may have begun as a short-term fix has become higher education’s slow-burning strain, stretching faculty, budgets, and impacting students over time. This essay examines how overload took root, what it costs the people it touches, and how leaders can begin to unwind it.
