Mental Health among Higher Education Faculty, Administrators, and Graduate Students

Mental Health among Higher Education Faculty, Administrators, and Graduate Studentsaddresses how many academics who experience mental distress or mental illness are afraid to speak out because of cultural stigma and fears of career repercussions. Many academics' reluctance to publicly disclose their struggles complicates attempts to understand their experiences through research or popular media, or to develop targeted mental health resources and institutional policies. This volume builds on the existing studies in this greatly under-researched area of mental health among faculty, administrators, and graduate students in higher education. The chapters' research findings will help institutions communicate about mental health in culturally-competent and person-centered ways; create work environments conducive to mental well-being; and support their academic employees who have mental health challenges. This book argues that discussions of health and wellness, equity, workload expectations and productivity, and campus diversity must also cover chronic illness and disability, which include mental health and mental illness.

Dr. Teresa Heinz Housel is senior tutor in the School of Journalism, Communication, and Marketing at Massey University of New Zealand.

Table of Contents Foreword Katie Rose Guest Pryal Preface Teresa Heinz Housel Acknowledgments Teresa Heinz Housel Part One: Mental Distress and Mental Illness in Academic Culture Chapter One: The Perfect Storm of Mental Health-Related Issues in Academia and the Need for Critical Research and Policies Teresa Heinz Housel Chapter Two: Anxiety in Academia: An Autoethnographic Account Andrea L. Meluch Chapter Three: Structuration of U.S. Communication Graduate Students' Stress Rahul Mitra, Nubia Brewster, Patrice M. Buzzanell, Julia Grzywinski, Elizabeth-Ann Pandzich Chapter Four: "Burn It Down": The Graduate Student Burnout Experience Victoria McDermott, Nike Bahr Part Two: Intersections of Mental Health and Marginalized Academic Populations: Cultural Representations and Institutional Climates Chapter Five: Effects of Chronic Exposure to Invalidation on People of Color in Academia: An Exploratory Study Juan S. Muhamad, Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, Maria Elena Villar Chapter Six: First-Gener