The Center for Faculty Innovation takes a holistic and comprehensive approach supporting faculty as authentic, whole human beings. We align with the JMU definitions and models of Health and Well-being: “JMU defines well-being as the optimal and dynamic state that allows us to flourish now and in the future.” We hope these resources offer ideas and starting points to support faculty in their own self-defined, self-determined pathways to wellness and well-being, for themselves, each other, and the communities we inhabit.
Resources
JMU Resources
Inclusive Resources
- PTSD Mobile Apps
- The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities - NCBI Bookshelf
- The Human Flourishing Program
- Six People Making Wellness More Inclusive - goop
- What Will It Take for Wellness To Finally Leave Behind Its Ableist Origins?
- How to Create an Inclusive Environment In the Wellness Space
Body Size Inclusion
- Unpacking Weight Bias in Higher Education: 2022: News and Resources
- Is fatphobia the last acceptable prejudice in the academy?
- Addressing weight stigma and fatphobia in public health | University of Illinois Chicago
- Fat On Campus: Mitigating Anti-Fat Bias in the Classroom | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
- Society preaches kindness – unless you’re fat. Why is fatphobia still on the rise? | The Guardian
- Unshrinking by Kate Manne (Book)
- Diet advice and tiny seats: how to avoid 10 forms of fatphobia | The Guardian
- How Workplaces are Exclusionary to Fat Team Members (and How We Can Do Better)
Wellness in Higher Education
- Love them More, Care Less (Inside Higher Ed)
- In Search of 'Thriving' in Higher Education | NEA
- Building Resilience for Wellness: A Faculty Development Resource | MedEdPORTAL
- A Faculty Wellness Workshop Series: Leveraging On–Campus Expertise
- Wellbeing and Self-care in Higher Education Book Series
- Unraveling Faculty Burnout
- A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
- The Present Professor
- A Pedagogy of Kindness
- The Caring University
- The Emerald Handbook of Wellbeing in Higher Education
- The Instructor Mental Health Landscape
- Faculty Mental Health Matters (IHE)
Aging and Menopause Resources
- Menopause Society, Making Menopause Work
- The Menopause Manifesto
- Menopause (World Health Organization)
- Let’s Talk about Menopause
- Menopause Matters in Higher Education
- Age Inclusivity in Higher Education
- Age-Friendly University Global Network
Self-Care & Community of Care
- Faculty Focus: Self-Care
- Real Self-Care
- Radical Self Care for Helpers, Healers, and Changemakers
- An Ethos of Care (IHE)
- Building a Culture of Care
- Facutly and Staff Health and Wellness Coalition
Support Resources
Wellness & Well-being Programs & Resources
Center for Faculty Innovation
