S4 E35: Faculty Mental Health Matters
From Keystone Concepts in Teaching: A Higher Education Podcast from the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning by Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning
April 8, 2026 · 23 min · Season 4 · Episode 35
About this episode
The episode discusses the critical importance of faculty mental health in higher education and its connection to teaching and student success.
Faculty mental health is rarely discussed—but deeply connected to teaching, learning, and student success. In this Hear From Your Host episode, guest host and Producer Kelly Chandler turns the microphone toward our host, Dr. Rachel Yoho, to explore faculty mental health as a critical, and often overlooked, aspect of higher education. Drawing on research and observations, the conversation examines structural stressors in academia, the isolating nature of teaching, and the importance of communi...
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Rachel Yoho
Guest: Kelly Chandler
Topics covered
- faculty mental health
- higher education
- teaching
- student success
- structural stressors
- academic isolation
Keywords
- faculty mental health
- higher education
- teaching
- student success
- academic stressors
- isolation
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