Presentation Title
Presentation Type
Interactive Workshop (105 minute solution-based workshop)
Abstract
Severely hurtful and undermining behavior is on the increase at university campuses, partly due to the widespread jealousy and competition that is naturally prevalent in higher education. This interactive workshop will provide strategies for chairs who have to deal with difficult faculty, but it will also point out ways to create a departmental atmosphere of civility and collegiality in which bullies cannot thrive. We will use case studies to analyze realistic scenarios that can later be used by chairpersons to encourage discussions on plans of action and solutions in their home departments.
Keywords
bullying, case studies, collaboration, leadership, solutions
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Waltje, Jorg PhD and Trujillo-Jenks, Laura PhD (2017). "Tackling the Bullies in Academe," Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings. https://newprairiepress.org/accp/2017/Colleagues/11
Additional Files
ACC34-Bullies-Final.pdf (245 kB)Abstract and Presenter Info
Case Studies-ACC.pdf (81 kB)
Handout and Case Studies
Tackling the Bullies in Academe
Severely hurtful and undermining behavior is on the increase at university campuses, partly due to the widespread jealousy and competition that is naturally prevalent in higher education. This interactive workshop will provide strategies for chairs who have to deal with difficult faculty, but it will also point out ways to create a departmental atmosphere of civility and collegiality in which bullies cannot thrive. We will use case studies to analyze realistic scenarios that can later be used by chairpersons to encourage discussions on plans of action and solutions in their home departments.
