This isn't about robust debate or high standards. It is about patterns of behavior that systematically degrade, isolate, and disempower colleagues.
Beyond the Bell Curve: Addressing Academic Violence and Bullying Toward Faculty academic violence and bullying of faculty
When we discuss workplace bullying, we often picture corporate offices or retail floors. But the academy—with its diffuse hierarchies, tenure pressures, and cultures of "resilience"—can be uniquely susceptible to a specific form of cruelty: This isn't about robust debate or high standards
It’s time we name what many suffer in silence. Have you witnessed or survived academic bullying
The academy claims to value intellectual courage. Let’s start by showing courage for one another.
Have you witnessed or survived academic bullying? What one policy change would make the biggest difference? 👇 Academic violence isn't just student-on-student. Faculty are bullied daily by administrators, peers, and even their own chairs—yet we're told to "have thicker skin." It's not resilience. It's systemic abuse. We need ombudspersons, clear policies, and real consequences. #AcademicTwitter #HigherEd