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The Academic Sabbatical: A Voyage of Discovery is a collection of narratives that reveals how important sabbaticals are to faculty and, by extension, to higher education. This in-depth look at the diverse experiences and perspectives provides a wealth of evidence that sabbaticals are instrumental in increasing productivity in terms of research and knowledge dissemination.
These periods of self-directed and focused work enable scholars to restore their academic energies, leading to enhanced engagement with their programs, graduate students, and intellectual exchange among peers. Although not without challenges and tensions, sabbaticals help academics build stronger and deeper connections.
While this book stands alone in promoting the richness and potential of the sabbatical as a structural feature of the academy, it is a great follow-up to The Academic Gateway and Beyond the Academic Gateway, which respectively discuss the tenure-track and tenure experience.
This book is the third in the Lives in the Canadian Academic Landscape triptych.
Anahit Armenakyan is an associate professor in Nipissing University. Her research interests are built around consumer behaviour, country-of-origin, sport marketing, tourism, and social marketing.
Lee Anne Block (Contributor)
Lee Anne Block is a teacher educator at the University of Winnipeg. Her research and teaching are focused on how we name and engage with difference in educational locations and on cultural sustainability. She recently completed Gandhi, Globalization and Earth Democracy, a course on sustainability with Vandana Shiva, in residence at Navdanya, India. For twenty years, she was a classroom teacher in Winnipeg.
Merridee Bujaki (Contributor)
Merridee Bujaki, PhD, FCPA, FCA, is a professor of accounting at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, where she teaches assurance in the school’s Master of Accounting program. In her professional career, Bujaki worked for a Big Four public accounting firm.
Victoria Handford (Contributor, Editor)
Victoria (Tory) Handford is Professor of education leadership in the School of Education at Thompson Rivers University. She is past chair of the School of Education and served six years as the Coordinator of Graduate Programs. Her research has spanned many areas, but primarily rests in JK-12 school and district leadership. She has edited and co-edited five books. Her current research involves internationally experienced teachers and their successes in the K-12 school system in Canada. She lives in Kamloops, British-Columbia, Canada.
Jacqueline Hesson (Contributor)
Jacqueline Hesson is an associate professor with the Counselling Psychology program in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University. She is also a registered psychologist and works on a part-time basis at the Student Wellness and Counselling Centre at Memorial where she trains and supervises doctoral psychology students
Lloyd Kornelsen (Contributor)
Lloyd Kornelsen is an associate professor, cross-appointed to Global College and Faculty of Education at the University of Winnipeg. In an education career spanning 40 years, Kornelsen has been a high school teacher, corporate consultant-trainer, university professor, and college administrator.
Timothy M. Sibbald (Contributor, Editor)
Timothy Sibbald is Professor of mathematics education in the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. His research interests include a variety of aspects of mathematics education and lived experiences in academia. He has examined historical trends in math education, developed a framework for STEM education, and is developing a broad interpretation of interdisciplinary learning. He has edited and co-edited four books. Tim is a long-standing editor of the Ontario Mathematics Gazette. He lives in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Cecile Badenhorst (Contributor)
Cecile Badenhorst is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education in the Adult/Post-Secondary programs at Memorial University. She teaches courses on academic literacies and adult teaching. She has published three books in this area: Research Writing (2007), Dissertation Writing (2008), and Productive Writing (2010).
CHAPTER 1 - Sabbaticals—The Gift of Time! A Thematic Literature Review
Shelleyann Scott and Donald E. Scott
Section A: The First Sabbatical Experience
CHAPTER 2 - Not All That Shines Is Gold: What I Learned During My Sabbatical Year
María del Carmen Rodríguez de France
CHAPTER 3 - The Voyage Continues: Navigating Discovery Between Two Sabbaticals
Susan Elliott - Johns
CHAPTER 4 - The Sabbatical Voyage: A Triptych of Renewal, Reflection, and Research
Victoria Handford
CHAPTER 5 - (Re)Discovering Academia Through a Sabbatical
Timothy Sibbald
Section B: First Sabbaticals with Significant Travel
CHAPTER 6 - Life on the Two Sides of the Pond
Anahit Armenakyan
CHAPTER 7 - Academic Sabbatical Journey: The Crossovers Between Research and Cultures
Pei - Ying Lin
CHAPTER 8 - Place Making
Lee Anne Block
Section C: Perspective of More Than One Sabbatical
CHAPTER 9 - Practitioner Study Leave and Academic Sabbaticals: An Unsettling Reflection of Both
Lloyd Kornelsen
CHAPTER 10 - Sabbatical Tales: Expectations and Experiences
Cecile Badenhorst, Antoinette Doyle, Jackie Hesson, Xuemei Li, Heather McLeod, Sharon Penney, and Gabrielle Young
CHAPTER 11 - The Academic Sabbatical as a Voyage of Discovery—What Really Counts
Merridee Bujaki
CHAPTER 12 - Sabbaticals in a Research - Intensive University: Supports, Tensions, and Outcomes
Donald E. Scott and Shelleyann Scott