Case Study: COPING ACADEMIC STRESS

Seeking Faculty Volunteers for a Short Academic Wellness Case Study

Between the end of Fall and the beginning of Spring, we finally get a short window to pause, reset, and think clearly again. This is the space I want to explore.
I’m inviting faculty to participate in a small case-study on reducing academic stress and strengthening the sense of balance and clarity we carry into the new semester. The goal is to understand which small, practical tools genuinely help faculty feel more grounded, focused, and supported — and how short wellness-coaching conversations can help identify what matters most for work–life harmony.
This project includes two short wellness-coaching sessions (20–30 minutes each), conducted in adherence with ICF and NBHWC ethical standards, two questionnaires — one at the beginning and one after the sessions — and a set of quick, academic-tailored tools for stress reduction, focus-shaping, and emotional regulation that fit into 5–10-minute breaks.
To participate, you are expected to complete both questionnaires and attend both coaching sessions; using the optional stress-reduction tools is fully discretionary. Participation is voluntary, but joining the project means agreeing to complete the full process. The coaching sessions and tools are provided in exchange for this commitment. Please sign up only if you genuinely intend to follow through, as the project depends on mutual respect of time and effort.
All coaching conversations remain confidential; only aggregated, anonymized patterns will appear in the written case-study. This is practice-based behavioral inquiry and does not require IRB approval. All work follows ICF and NBHWC ethical guidelines.
The project begins this Monday and runs for about a month. Morning, daytime, evening, weekday, and weekend time slots will be available. Once you complete the first questionnaire, you will receive a link to schedule your sessions. If none of the available times fit your schedule, email me and we will try to find an alternative.
The formal case-study period is December 8 through January 1, with coaching sessions available between December 9 and December 22. Participants will retain access to all case-study tools through January 11.
I’m looking for approximately 30 faculty volunteers across ranks — tenure-track, tenured, visiting, clinical, and research.
Many of you know me for my work on cyber incidents affecting U.S. public firms: game-theoretical analysis of human reactions to security shocks, market responses to data breaches, and the invisible information flows behind shadow trading and other concealed ethics violations. Alongside this research, I have spent years decoding human behavior, productivity, and talent development — as well as the behavioral mechanisms behind decision-making, whether in investments or malicious actions.
Roughly 74 percent of data breaches occur because of the human factor — negligence, fatigue, lack of focus, and burnout. That realization pushed me to study human behavior not only from an analytical perspective but also through tools that prevent critical omissions and support sustainable professional performance.
So here I am — increasingly focused on how performance and well-being can be aligned in corporate and professional environments, and exploring how these insights can support the realities of academic life.
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