Supporting Student and Faculty Wellbeing in Graduate Education: Teaching, Learning, Policy, and PRAXIS

Supporting Student and Faculty Wellbeing in Graduate Education recognizes new pressures impacting graduate students and their supervisors, teachers, and mentors globally. The work provides a range of insights and strategies which reflect on wellbeing as an integral part of teaching, learning, policy, and student-mentor relationships.

The authors offer a uniquely holistic approach to supporting the wellbeing of both students and academic staff in graduate education. The text showcases optimized approaches to self-care, self-regulation, and policy development, as well as trauma-informed, arts-based, and embodied pedagogies. Particular attention is given to the challenges faced by minority groups including Indigenous, international, refugee, and immigrant students and staff.

Providing a timely analysis of the current issues surrounding student and faculty wellbeing, this volume will appeal to scholars and researchers working across the fields of higher education, sociology of education, educational psychology, and student affairs.

Snezana Obradovic-Ratkovic is a research officer and instructor in the Faculty of Education, Brock University, Canada.

Mirjana Bajovic is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education, Brock University, Canada.

Ayse Pinar Sen is a Ph.D. candidate, instructor, research assistant, and Mindful Writing Facilitator in the Faculty of Education, Brock University, Canada.

Vera Woloshyn is a professor in the Faculty of Education, Brock University, Canada. She is Director of the Canadian Culture and Education Studies and Leadership in Community-based Education programs. She is also a Registered Psychotherapist (RP).

Michael Savage is an associate professor of education in the Faculty of Education, Brock University, Canada. He is Director of the MEd program and Undergraduate Educational Studies. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist (C. Psych).