{"id":20842,"date":"2025-07-14T16:14:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/?p=20842"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:07:34","slug":"book-club-the-slow-professor-challenging-the-culture-of-speed-in-the-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/book-club-the-slow-professor-challenging-the-culture-of-speed-in-the-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Club &#8211; The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy (10th Anniversary Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1970\/The-slow-professor-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:218px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Academic life can be overwhelming. Could slowing down help us better connect with our professional purpose? Join us for a 5-session book discussion on the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy (Berg &amp; Seeber, 2025). In this book, the authors explore how embracing principles of <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/thinking\/slow-movement-philosophy\/\">the \u201cslow\u201d movement<\/a> can create a more reflective, balanced, and meaningful academic environment by alleviating stress and improving collegiality. This new edition includes 16 stories from faculty and academic professionals about how they engage in slow practices. Connect with fellow instructors and share ideas for slowing down in a fast-paced academic world. Repeat book club participants are welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Logistics:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Books will be provided for each participant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To help us slow down and connect with colleagues, we aim to meet in-person in Tyler Hall room 225.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Session times &amp; dates are from 11:00am &#8211; 12:15pm on Tuesdays, 9\/29, 10\/13, 10\/27, 11\/10, 12\/1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While participation in all 5 sessions is preferred, we understand you may need to miss a session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meeting Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Dates<\/th><th>Times<\/th><th>Location<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Tues., Sept. 29th<\/td><td>11:00am &#8211; 12:15pm<\/td><td>In-person, Tyler Hall 225<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tues., Oct. 13th<\/td><td>11:00am &#8211; 12:15pm<\/td><td>In-person, Tyler Hall 225<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tues., Oct. 27th<\/td><td>11:00am &#8211; 12:15pm<\/td><td>In-person, Tyler Hall 225<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tues., Nov. 10th<\/td><td>11:00am &#8211; 12:15pm<\/td><td>In-person, Tyler Hall 225<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tues., Dec. 1st<\/td><td>11:00am &#8211; 12:15pm<\/td><td>In-person, Tyler Hall 225<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>To Register&#8230;<\/h1>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/j72QWPisPCSZ4vRC6\">Visit our registration page<\/a> to submit your information to participate in this experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trouble Registering? Contact us at <a href=\"http:\/\/teach@uri.edu\/\">teach@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Other Vitality-Related Resources&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/faculty-vitality-well-being\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty Vitality Resources webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions about this opportunity, email ATL&#8217;s Faculty Development Specialist, Penny Edwards, at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:penny.edwards@uri.edu\" target=\"_blank\">penny.edwards@uri.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic life can be frenetic and sometimes overwhelming. Could slowing down help us connect with our professional purpose? Join us for a 4-session book discussion on The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy (Berg &amp; Seeber, 2016). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[377,335,375,378,376,374,1],"tags":[339,423,336,338,337,363],"class_list":["post-20842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chair","category-fac-dev","category-ftf","category-gti","category-ptf","category-persona","category-uncategorized","tag-all-instructors","tag-all-programming","tag-full-time-faculty","tag-grad-tas","tag-part-time-faculty","tag-vitality-atl-programming"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20842"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25052,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20842\/revisions\/25052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}