Bridges not Blockades

Gayle Maddox is a tenured faculty member in the School of Teaching and Learning at Western Carolina University. She has authored articles on critical thinking in health, student engagement, and the politics of higher education.Martha Kalnin Diede directs the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Syracuse University. She has authored chapters on feminist critical theory, the impact of female positionality in higher education, and experiences in overcoming challenges in higher education. She has also published Spirit of Adoption (2014) and Shakespeare’s Knowledgeable Body (2008).

• DedicationAcknowledgmentsForewordCarol Burton1. Why We Need to Build Bridges in University PoliticsGayle Maddox2. Organizational Physiology and Transcending AmbiguityBetty Block3. Building Bridges, not Blockades: Insights into Building Healthy Campus RelationshipsAnita Henck4. From Underground Struggles to a Spirit of Mutual Concession: Departmental Politics and the American Association of University ProfessorsAndrew Adams5. The Politics of Newspaper Advising/Newspaper Advising as a Political ActMelanie Mock6. Go Back Home: Confronting Growing Incivility, Racism, and BigotryAmy Murphy-Nugen, Charmion Rush, Antonio M. Oakley Jr., and Carleen (Tenae) Turner7. O God! What Have I Done!?: What New Faculty Members Should Be Aware about the Dos and Don'ts of AcademiaElwood Watson8. Tenure, Team, Inclusivity, and the Importance of Building BridgesMartha Diede9. The Academic Plus OneDrew Virtue and Emily Virtue10. Training for Academic Leadership in the 21st Century: It's All About the GroupSteve Estes11. Living on the Edge: Embracing the Corners Where We MeetLaura Pipe12. It Worked for Me: The Golden RuleRochelle Ford13. Professional Development: A Process in ProgressDavid Shapiro14. How Shall We Then Proceed?Martha Diede and Gayle MaddoxContributorsIndex