Academic articles that influenced Being Lazy and Slowing Down
Shahjahan, R. (2015). Being lazy and slowing down: Toward decolonizing time, our body, and pedagogy. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 47 (5) 488-501.
Mayuzumi, K. (2006). The tea ceremony as a decolonizing epistemology: Healing and Japanese women. Journal of Transformative Education (4)1, 8-26.
Books relevant to Being Lazy and Slowing Down
Berg, M. & Seeber, B. (2013). The slow professor: Challenging the culture of speed in the academy. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal (6)3.
Hanh, T.N. (1992). Peace is every step: The path of mindfulness in everyday life.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (2013). Full catastrophe living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness. New York City, NY: Bantam
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever you go there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. New York City, NY: Hyperion
Levy, D. M. (2016). Mindful tech: How to bring balance to our digital lives. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press
Somé, M. P. (1993). Ritual: Power, healing, and community. New York: Penguin Compass.
Other Resources
Shame/ Scarcity Thinking/ Self-Compassion
Shahjahan, R. A. (2019) On ‘being for others’: time and shame in the neoliberal academy
Brown, B. (2012): Daring greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead. New York City, NY: Gotham
Brown, B. (2010): The gifts of imperfection: Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are. Center City, MN: Hazelden.
Brown, B. (2007): I thought it was just me (but it isn’t): Telling the truth about perfectionism, inadequacy, and power. New York: Penguin/Gotham.
Castle, V. (2006). The trance of scarcity: Hey! Stop holding your breath and start living your life. Clinton, WA: Sagacious Press.
Self-Compassion website by Kristin Neff
The Rain of Self-Compassion by Tara Brach
Time/Temporality
Alhadeff-Jones, M. (2017). Time and the rhythms of emancipatory education: Rethinking the temporal complexity of self and society. New York, NY: Routledge.
Rappleye, J. and H. Komatsu (2016). Living on borrowed time: Rethinking temporality, self, nihilism, and schooling. Comparative Education. 1-25.
Shahjahan, R. A. (2019) On ‘being for others’: time and shame in the neoliberal academy
Shahjahan, R. A. (2015). Being lazy and slowing down: Toward decolonizing time, our body, and pedagogy. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 47 (5) 488-501.
Vostal, F. (2015). Academic life in the fast lane: The experience of time and speed in British academia. Time and Society. 24 (1) 71-95.
Ylijoki, O-H. (2014). A temporal approach to higher education research. In Theory and Method in Higher Education Research II. Published online: 22Dec 2014; 141-160.
Imposter Syndrome
Mayuzumi, K & Shahjahan, R (2017). How to navigate shame and imposter syndrome in the academy – Part I. Being Lazy and Slowing Down
Mayuzumi, K & Shahjahan, R (2017). How to navigate shame and imposter syndrome in the academy – Part II: 4 strategies. Being Lazy and Slowing Down
Sin, R (2017). What imposter feelings taught me about my strength: a graduate student’s story on slowing down. Being Lazy and Slowing Down
Revuluri, S (2018). How to overcome imposter syndrome. The Chronicle of Higher Education
Aguilar, S (2015). We are not impostors. Inside Higher Education.
Chris (2015). Imposter syndrome made me want to quit grad school.
Clance, P. R., & Imes, S. A. (1978). The imposter phenomenon in high achieving women: Dynamics and therapeutic intervention. Psychotherapy. Theory, Research & Practice, 15(3), 241.
Kuther, T. (n.d.) The Impostor Syndrome: Are You Fooling Everyone?
Slowing Down/ Self-care /Lifestyles
King, D. (2012). Toward a feminist theory of letting go. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 33(3), 53-70.
Want a Better Night’s Sleep?: Follow these 5 simple rules to sleep better every night. By Michael Breus
Relax! You’ll Be More Productive By Tony Schwartz in the New York Times
The Argentinian Workplace Trend We Should All Try: Fight the post-lunch slump By Shelby Lorman
I Trained Myself to Be Less Busy – And It Dramatically Improved My Life By David Sbarra
Healers of Color on Why Self-Care is Not Self-Indulgence By Miriam Zoila Pérez
The Abundance of Slowness: Learning to value smart work over hard work requires a paradigm shift, but pays dividends. By Matt Steel
Want To Practice Mindfulness? Start At Work: No particular location required. By HuffPost Partner Studio
The 40-Year-Old Burnout: Why I gave up tenure for a yet-to-be-determined career By Jonathan Malesic
“You do not exist to be used”: Dismantling the idea of productivity in life purpose. by Gillian Giles
Academic Parents
An academic working dad in The Chronicle of Higher Education
‘Faculty fathers’ in Inside Higher Ed
Papa, PhD: Essays on fatherhood by men in the academy
For Early-Career Academics
ECHER Blog: The Voice of Early-Career Higher Education Researchers
Modified on April 30, 2020