{"id":11822,"date":"2022-09-21T19:46:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/mindful\/?page_id=11822"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:55:29","slug":"mindful-professor-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/mindful\/mindful-professor-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Professor Training Program"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11822","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"full_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_external_video_url":"","hero_external_video_title":"","hero_external_video_poster":"","hero_image_landing":11892,"hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h2>Overview<\/h2>","content":"The Mindful University Project offers their Mindful Professor Training for teaching faculty and course instructors at the University. This program is rooted in cutting-edge research and practices and aims to offer participants a variety of tools to access ways to return to calm, be present with themselves and others, utilize mindful leadership skills, enhance teaching effectiveness, as well as learn what actions they can take to support students\u2019 well-being.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"TextRun SCXW107389741 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightBlue SCXW107389741 BCX0\">The Mindful Professor Training is offered once per semester and consists of nine workshops. It is open to 天美传媒 faculty, course instructors, postdoctoral fellows, and PhD students with teaching responsibilities.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-teams=\"true\">The Spring 2027 cohort will be held at the <strong>River Campus on Wednesdays from 12-1PM (Room TBD). <\/strong>The sessions will be held\u00a0on the following dates:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>February 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th<\/li>\r\n \t<li>March 3rd, 17th, 24th, and 31st<\/li>\r\n \t<li>April 7th and 14th (graduation)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"interstitial","anchor_id":"register","classes":"","layout":"layout_stacked","lead-in":"","title":"<h2>Sign up for our Spring 2027 training!<\/h2>","content":"","call_to_action":{"title":"Reserve your spot","url":"https:\/\/universityrochester.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8A0oXktEg1H6Yui ","target":""},"bg_color":"#ffc70a"},{"acf_fc_layout":"media_text","anchor":"","css_class":"","leadin":"","title":"<h2>Rationale<\/h2>","subtitle":"","description":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and student-facing staff have been vital supports for students. In fact, according to a Healthy Minds Network study conducted in 2020, 80% of faculty and staff reported having conversations with students regarding their mental health, yet only 30% stated that they had received training on how to support student mental health. Of respondents, also 21% of them reported that supporting students in emotional distress had taken a toll on their own mental well-being<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research has found that stress and burnout can impact teaching in a variety of ways, including:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can hamper development of relationships and rapport with students<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Difficulties with providing academic and social supports for students, especially diverse student populations<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing less clear instruction<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can decrease one's ability to create a safe and inclusive learning environment <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>2,3<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>","call_to_action":"","image":16922,"video":"","layout":"layout_right","background_color":"#FFFFFF"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"","content":"<blockquote>Participating in the Mindful Professor Program introduced me to a group of colleagues who shared similar values of presence, compassion, and intentionality. In a campus environment that is often overcrowded with meetings, exams, and extracurriculars, it was a gift to be able to gather on a weekly basis and reflect on how we want to show up for ourselves and our students.<\/blockquote>","background_color":"#ffc70a","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h2><b>Evidence-Based<\/b><\/h2>","content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mindfulness can support leaders in being more fully present in the moment with what is going on in their inner and outer worlds, as well as be more thoughtful in their responses rather than operate with heightened habitual reactivity <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>4,5<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the classroom and with students, presence-based faculty and instructors are consistently self-aware, manage emotions under pressure with poise and confidence, understand the people they teach, recognize their impact on others, as well as lead with empathy and compassion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Educators with these characteristics are more fully present, engender trust, and can increase their positive impact, personal resiliency, reduce stress and anxiety, and support academic flourishing in those that they teach<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Substantial research has shown not only that mindfulness interventions for teachers can enhance their mental health and provide a more positive classroom environment, and also mindful leaders are deemed as more effective as a result of their ability to exhibit deep presence, self-awareness, emotional stability, and care and concern for the well-being and success of others<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, limited research exists regarding the impact of mindful-based leadership programs in an academic environment<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While some studies are based in an academic setting with leaders, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this is the first known study<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to investigate the impact of a mindfulness-based leadership program in an academic environment with University professors on faculty well-being, confidence in and comfort with supporting the well-being of students, as well as efforts to promote conditions for well-being in the classroom<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n<h3>Our Impact<\/h3>\r\n<span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW93175611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\">The Mindful Professor Training program has been shown to significantly enhance faculty well-being and teaching efficacy in a recent wait-list controlled study published in the Journal of American College Health (n=41)<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW93175611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\">. Faculty who <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\">participated<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\"> in the program reported reduced stress and burnout, as well as increased mindfulness, self-compassion, and teaching self-efficacy compared to the control group. These findings highlight the program's effectiveness in supporting both personal resilience and professional performance in higher <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW93175611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\">education<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW93175611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW93175611 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW93175611 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participation in our training would be extremely valuable both to inform a future larger-scale mindful leadership training at the University as well as help fill the gap in research in this field.<\/span>","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"","content":"<blockquote>Having this diverse group of participants I was able to appreciate how to bring this in\/these skills in to my personal life and professional life and I want to believe that since this wasn\u2019t strictly medical school faculty or silo groups of faculty in different schools, this was really trying to bring together a \u2018one university\u2019 model was a strength and gave me insights about how I want to behave as an instructor, mentor, colleague.<\/blockquote>","background_color":"#ffc70a","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h2>What You Will Gain<\/h2>","content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this transformative experience, you will be equipped with mindful leadership practices and education on supporting students\u2019 mental well-being to assist you with being more fully present, engage in mindful communication, and create a mindful classroom environment to allow your students to thrive.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2714\ufe0f An opportunity to take your teaching to a new level of effectiveness, focus, calm, and clarity as well as improve your overall well-being!<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2714\ufe0f Armed with new insights and hands-on practices, you will show up in new ways that will support student academic achievement and well-being<\/span>\r\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u2714\ufe0f <\/span><span class=\"WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A Mindful Professor sticker to put on your office door!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u2714\ufe0f A certificate of completion<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u2714\ufe0f Access to a community of mindful professors and monthly continuing education opportunities<\/span><\/p>","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h2><b>Benefits for the Larger Community<\/b><\/h2>","content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2714\ufe0f Help to fill a gap in knowledge about how mindful leadership practices can impact faculty mindfulness, well-being, stress, self-compassion, compassion fatigue, and teaching practices, but also improve the well-being and academic flourishing of students.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2714\ufe0f Foster a culture of mindful presence on campus<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2714\ufe0f Individual transformation that will have a spillover effect on students\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2714\ufe0f Form the beginning of a slow professor movement at the University and allow the University to take meaningful action to better support professor well-being and create a healthier institution<\/span>","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"","content":"<blockquote>I feel much more present for my students and patients now.<\/blockquote>","background_color":"#ffc70a","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h2>Questions?<\/h2>","content":"<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please direct any training related questions to:<\/span><\/i>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebecca Block (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:rblock@uhs.rochester.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rblock4@ur.rochester.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\r\n<\/span><em>Manager, Health Promotion Initiatives - Student Well-being, Health Promotion<\/em>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion_new","anchor_id":"","classes":"","title":"<h2>Training Graduates<\/h2>","description":"Since Spring 2023, we have had <strong>87 graduates<\/strong> of the Mindful Professor Training Program! Join us in congratulating the individuals below.","background":"plain","background_color":"#ffffff","style":"row_blank","expand":"no","accordions":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Arts, Sciences & Engineering","icon":"","row_content":"<strong>Anu Ahmed, PhD (she\/her)\r\n<\/strong><em>Assistant Professor<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Anthropology\r\n\r\n<strong>Zachary Barber, PhD<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor<\/em>\r\nWriting, Speaking, and Argument\r\n\r\n<strong>M. Cecilia Barone, PhD (she\/her)\r\n<\/strong><em>Assistant Director, Workshop Program\r\n<\/em>The Learning Center\r\n\r\n<strong>Sara Bickweat Penner, MFA\r\n<\/strong><em>Senior Lecturer, Resident Theatrical Intimacy Director<\/em>\r\nEnglish Department, Theatre Program\r\n\r\n<strong>Erin Black, PhD (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Emily Breitbart\r\n<\/strong><em>Graduate Program Coordinator<\/em><strong>\r\n<\/strong>Department of Chemistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Trang Bui, PhD<\/strong>\r\n<em>Postdoctoral Associate<\/em>\r\nBiostatistics and Computational Biology\r\n\r\n<strong>Lucia Casiraghi, PhD (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor of Instruction<\/em>\r\nModern Languages and Cultures\r\n\r\n<strong>Daniela Carmona-P\u00e9rez, MS (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>PhD Candidate<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Chemistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Nancy Chen, PhD (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Biology\r\n\r\n<strong>Emma Daitz<\/strong>\r\n<em>Senior Instructional Designer<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Robin Frye, PhD (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Lecturer and Assistant Director, Coaching and Workshop Program<\/em>\r\nThe Learning Center\r\n\r\n<strong>Rachel Glade, PhD<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/em>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Daniel Gorman Jr.\r\n<\/strong><em>Postdoctoral Associate\r\n<\/em>Department of History\r\n\r\n<strong>Jonathan Holz, PhD (he\/him)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Professor of Instruction\u00a0<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Biology\r\n\r\n<strong>Sheena Hui (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Lecturer<\/em>\r\nArthur Satz Department of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>Megan Lovely, MFA (she\/her)\r\n<\/strong><em>Program Manager, Community-Engaged Learning<\/em>\r\nCenter for Community-Engaged Learning\r\n\r\n<strong>Renee Miller, PhD<\/strong>\r\n<em>Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Instructional Track<\/em>\r\nUndergraduate Neuroscience Program\r\n\r\n<strong>Christina Schmidt<\/strong>\r\n<em>Tutoring Program Manager<\/em>\r\nThe Learning Center\r\n\r\n<strong>G. 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Wamsley, Ph.D. (he\/him)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Adjunct Professor<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Linguistics\r\n\r\n<strong>Solveiga Armoskaite, PhD<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Linguistics","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Eastman School of Music","icon":"","row_content":"<strong>Lindsay Baker, M.A. (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Instructor of Opera<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>Kaylee Bernard (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>PhD Student, Music Theory<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>Joella Bitter (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor of Anthropology<\/em>\r\nHumanities Department\r\n\r\n<strong>Bethany Brinson, M.A.<\/strong>\r\n<em>PhD Candidate &amp; Course Instructor<\/em>\r\nMusicology\r\n\r\n<strong>Katherine Ciesinski, MS, MN, Artist Diploma in Opera (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Voice, Opera, &amp; Vocal Coaching Department<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>Pat Diamond (he\/him)\r\n<\/strong><em>Associate Professor of Opera<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>Lisa Jakelski<\/strong>\r\n<em>Academic Success Coach<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>John Kapusta<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor<\/em>\r\nMusicology Department\r\n\r\n<strong>Joan Kinsella (she\/her)\r\n<\/strong><em>Senior Cello and Chamber Music Instructor<\/em>\r\nEastman Community Music School\r\n\r\n<strong>Blaire Koerner (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Associate Director<\/em>\r\nInstitute for Music Leadership\r\n\r\n<strong>Nicole LaClair (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Costume Designer &amp; Costume Shop Manager<\/em>\r\nOpera Department\r\n\r\n<strong>Josh Lau (he\/him)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Production Stage Manager<\/em>\r\nEastman Opera Theatre (Voice, Opera, Vocal Coaching)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charlotte Marcy<\/strong>\r\n<em>Instructor of French<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>Rachel Roberts, EdD<\/strong>\r\n<em>Director, ESM Strategic Initiatives and Institute for Music Leadership<\/em>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor of Music Leadership\u00a0<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>Chelsea Whittaker, D.M.A. (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music\r\n\r\n<strong>Priscilla Yuen (she\/her)\r\n<\/strong><em>Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano<\/em>\r\nEastman School of Music","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"School of Medicine & Dentistry","icon":"","row_content":"<strong>Karen Allison, MD, MBA, FACS<\/strong>\r\n<em>Associate Professor of Ophthalmology\u00a0<\/em>\r\nFlaum Eye Institute\r\n\r\n<strong>Theresa Bingemann, M.D. (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine<\/em>\r\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Ethan Bulmahn, RPhT (he\/they)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Pharmacy Specialized Technician<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Shasha Cui, EdD, MBA<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor\u00a0<\/em>\r\nEastman Institute for Oral Health\r\n\r\n<strong>Lauren DeCaporale-Ryan, Ph.D.<\/strong>\r\n<em>Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Surgery<\/em>\r\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Andrew Dubina, M.D. (he\/him)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor of Pediatric Orthopedics<\/em>\r\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Megan Honeck<\/strong>\r\n<em>Health Project Coordinator<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Marisa Jacob-Leonce, MD<\/strong>\r\n<em>Director Autopsy, Assistant Professor<\/em>\r\nDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine\r\n\r\n<strong>Audrey Jajosky, M.D., Ph.D. (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/em>\r\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Alexander Kuehl<\/strong>\r\n<em>Faculty, Neuroscience<\/em>\r\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Tia Miller, MS, RNC-NIC, C-NPT (she\/her)\r\n<\/strong><em>Assistant Nurse Manager<\/em><strong>\r\n<\/strong>Neonatal Intensive Care Unit\r\n\r\n<strong>Molly S. Netherwood, M.S.N., ACACNP (BC)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Lead APP, UR Cardiac Intensive Care Unit<\/em>\r\n<em>Co-Director, UR Cardiac Critical Care APP Fellowship\r\n<\/em>School of Medicine and Dentistry<em>\r\n<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Zahira A. Qui\u00f1ones Tav\u00e1rez, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., Ph.D.<\/strong>\r\n<em>Research Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences<\/em>\r\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Lori Snyder, LMSW<\/strong>\r\n<em>Pediatric Social Worker<\/em>\r\nPediatric Intensive Care Unit\r\n\r\n<strong>Lindsay Sycz, PsyD, PMH-C (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and OB\/GYN<\/em>\r\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n<strong>JaCon C. Washington, D.Min., M.C.P.C.\r\n<\/strong><em>Integrated Medical Family Systems Consultant\r\n<\/em>Highland Hospital\r\n\r\n<strong>Jennifer West, Ph.D. (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Child &amp; Adolescent Services<\/em>\r\nSchool of Medicine and Dentistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Robin Wilson, MD (he\/him)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/em>\r\nGastroenterology\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann Marie White\r\n<\/strong><em>Psychiatry Faculty<\/em><strong>\r\n<\/strong>School of Medicine and Dentistry","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"School of Nursing & Health Sciences","icon":"","row_content":"<strong>Andrea Allen\r\n<\/strong><em>Advancement Senior Director<\/em>\r\nSchool of Nursing &amp; Health Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Susan Blaakman, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN (she\/her)\r\n<\/strong><em>Specialty Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program<\/em>\r\n<em>Professor of Clinical Nursing\r\n<\/em>School of Nursing &amp; Health Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Toby Brown, Ph.D.<\/strong>\r\n<em>Senior Instructional Designer, Education Innovation Team<\/em>\r\nSchool of Nursing &amp; Health Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Olivia Harrington\r\n<\/strong><em>Academic Success &amp; Enrichment Specialist<\/em>\r\nSchool of Nursing &amp; Health Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Jeff Houck, PT, PhD\r\n<\/strong><em>DPT Program Director, Professor of Orthopedics\r\n<\/em>School of Nursing &amp; Health Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Julia Lenahan (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Student Affairs Engagement Assistant<\/em>\r\nSchool of Nursing &amp; Health Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Sheniece L. Martin-Stancil-El, DNP, RN, CNL (she\/her)\r\n<\/strong><em>Nursing Practice Engagement and Enrichment Director\r\nAssociate Professor, 天美传媒 School of Nursing<\/em>\r\nNursing Practice Administration\r\n\r\n<strong>Rebecca Red-Wolf, PhD (she\/her)<\/strong>\r\n<em>Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing<\/em>\r\nSchool of Nursing &amp; Health Sciences\r\n\r\n<strong>Christina R. 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I teach a language and the barriers to speak can be heavy. I think they see better that a mistake is a step stone to learning. I have share mindfulness practices and heard things like: \u2018I so needed that\u2019. Then there would be short pause\/silence and everybody would engage in the activity.<\/blockquote>","background_color":"#ffc70a","width":"width-large"},{"acf_fc_layout":"query_new","anchor":"","css_classes":"","title":"<h2>Mindful Professor In the News<\/h2>","content":"","cta":"","background_color":"#FFFFFF","query_type":"query_type_auto","filter_one":"42","filter_two":"","post_selection":"","post_display_style":"cards","columns":3,"limit":"3","post_meta_data":["image"],"heading_type":"h2","content_source":"","featured_post":"","featured_post_type":"","featured_select":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"","content":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston University School of Public Health, Mary Christie Foundation, the Healthy Minds Network, and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. (2021). (rep.). The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health. Retrieved from<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/marychristieinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-role-of-faculty-in-student-mental-health.pdf.\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/marychristieinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-role-of-faculty-in-student-mental-health.pdf.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becker, E. S., Goetz, T., Morger, V., &amp; Ranellucci, J. (2014). The importance of teachers' emotions and instructional behavior for their students' emotions \u2013 An experience sampling analysis. Teaching and Teacher Education, 43, 15\u2013 26.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watts, J., &amp; Robertson, N. (2011). Burnout in University Teaching Staff: A Systematic Literature Review. Educational Research, 53:1, 33-50.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brendel, W., Hankerson, S., Byun, S., &amp; Cunningham, B. (2016). Cultivating leadership Dharma: Measuring the impact of mindfulness practice on creativity, resilience, tolerance for ambiguity, anxiety, and stress. Journal of Management Development, 35(8), 1056-1077.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lippincott, M. (2018). Deconstructing the relationship between mindfulness and leader effectiveness. Leadership &amp; Organization Development Journal, 39(5), 650-664.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Archuleta, K., Jennings, C. T. &amp; Cunliff, E. (2019). Mindfulness at Metropolitan Universities. Meditation and Mindfulness in Adult Education, 2019(161), 33-43. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ace.20309.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schwind, J. K., McCay, E.; Beanlands, H., Schindel, L., Martin, J., Binder, M. (2017). Mindfulness practice as a learning-teaching strategy in higher education: A qualitative exploratory pilot study. Nurse Education, Today, 50(1), 92-96.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lomas, T., Medina, J. C., Ivtzan, I., Rupprecht, S., Hart, R. &amp; Eiroa-Orosa, F. J. (2017). The impact of mindfulness in well-being and performance in the workplace: An inclusive systematic review of the empirical literature. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26(4), 492-513.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW130275941 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW130275941 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW130275941 BCX0\">Block, R., Critchley, L., Snell, A., Davie, C., &amp; Manchester, R. (2025). The mindful professor: the impacts of an innovative mindfulness training intervention for college faculty. Journal of American College Health, 1\u20136. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/07448481.2025.2503835.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-large"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mindful Professor Training Program - Mindful University Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/mindful\/mindful-professor-program\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mindful Professor Training Program - Mindful University Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/mindful\/mindful-professor-program\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mindful University Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-27T13:55:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/mindful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2019-09-19_yoga_meditation_580-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/mindful\\\/mindful-professor-program\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/mindful\\\/mindful-professor-program\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mindful Professor Training Program - 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