Reversing the Cult of Speed in Higher Education

Stephannie Gearhart is Associate Professor of English at Bowling Green State University, USA.Jonathan Chambers is Professor of Theater and Film at Bowling Green State University, USA.

• Introduction: Contextualizing Speed and Slowness in Higher EducationStephannie S. Gearhart and Jonathan ChambersI. Fast Consequences Imagining the Slow University Stephannie S. Gearhart Queerness Over Time: Slowness, Speed, and the Chronopolitics of Scholarship Margarita Rayzberg and Blake Smith Out-of-Phase: Studio Art, Time, and Professionalization in the Academy — A Conversation… Charles Kanwischer and Katerina Rüedi Ray 24/7 Capitalism and Academic Theatre Production Jonathan Chambers Subversive Singularity: Beyond Meaning and Knowledge Gordon C. F. Bearn II. Slow Resistance: Academic Production Tactical Slowness: Fomenting a Culture of Mental Health in the Academy Scott Magelssen and Shelby Lunderman Waste Time: Excess Potential in Academic Production C. Greig Crysler and Shiloh Krupar Neoliberalism, Recursivity, Theatre Patricia Ybarra Read Another Book: Repeat When Necessary Rebecca Hill III. Slow Resistance: Pedagogical Approaches Less is More: Slow Reading in the Undergraduate Classroom Wendy Arons Consuming Time or Making Time? Slow History and General Education Jane Simonsen Teaching Music Slowly Fred Everett Maus Mindfulness as Slow Education in the First-Year Composition Classroom Kyle Garton-Gundling Not So Fast: The Virtues of Slow Rhetoric Barry M. KrollConclusionStephannie S. Gearhart and Jonathan Chambers