{"product_id":"the-slow-professor-challenging-the-culture-of-speed-in-the-academy-tenth-anniversary-edition-hardback-9781487559465","title":"The Slow Professor; Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy, Tenth Anniversary Edition (Hardback) 9781487559465","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Slow Professor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChallenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy, Tenth Anniversary Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaggie Berg (Author), Barbara K. Seeber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487559465\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.2 x 14.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA decade after its initial release, \u003cem\u003eThe Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy\u003c\/em\u003e returns with an expanded anniversary edition that both reaffirms and  reignites its call to resist the corporatization of academic life. In \u003cem\u003eThe Slow Professor\u003c\/em\u003e, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter the erosion of humanistic education. Building on their original groundbreaking work, the authors offer fresh insights and reflections on the evolving landscape of higher education, while thoughtfully responding to critiques of Slow principles.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition includes the full original text, a foreword by Stefan Collini, a new introduction, and sixteen contributions from academics and professionals across disciplines, institutions, and career stages. The contributors share personal observations on how \u003cem\u003eThe Slow Professor\u003c\/em\u003e has influenced their teaching, research, and practices over the past ten years, adding nuance, insight, and practical examples to the ongoing relevance of the Slow movement within academic life.\u003cbr\u003eAs pressures of corporatization and efficiency continue to intensify, this anniversary edition reemphasizes  the urgent need to confront and counter the culture of speed and promote  more sustainable, meaningful ways of working. \u003cem\u003eThe Slow Professor, Tenth Anniversary Edition\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for new and returning readers in academia concerned about the frantic pace of contemporary university life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Anniversary Edition                            \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: The Slow Professor 2016 Edition \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Time Management and Timelessness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Pedagogy and Pleasure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Research and Understanding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Collegiality and Community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Collaboration and Thinking Together\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart II: Slow Resets   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Application of Slow Principles: The Musings of a Social Work Academic  \u003cbr\u003eAndrew Mantulak \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlow is More: Teaching and Learning Collaboratively   \u003cbr\u003eLynn Yau\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReclaiming the University as a Place where we Belong \u003cbr\u003eEmma Farrell and Shane D. Bergin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttributing Human Beings: Resistance through Relationships \u003cbr\u003eNancy L. Chick\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Weaving Together of Ideas  \u003cbr\u003eJennifer Davis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying with Fire: The Art of Being a Slow Professor \u003cbr\u003eHeather Evans\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Slow Professor and the Slow Graduate Student \u003cbr\u003eChris M. Golde and Jeffrey Schwegman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Embracing Wellness: My Journey to Crafting Habits for Work and Well-being in Academia \u003cbr\u003eM. Brielle Harbin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHigher Vibrations in Higher Education: Starting with Stillness, Slowness, and Intention  \u003cbr\u003eSamantha M. Harden\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlow Knowing and Teaching is a Common Cause  \u003cbr\u003eLibuše Heczková and Josef Šebek\u003cbr\u003eThinking Together through Slowness, Criptime, and Access Thievery  \u003cbr\u003eChelsea Temple Jones and Kimberlee Collins \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReclaiming the Public Intellectual in an Era of the Research-Industrial Complex\u003cbr\u003eMichael Laver\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlowness and Fragmented Me \u003cbr\u003eHeather A. 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