Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Call for Chapters: The Emotional Self at Work in Higher Education

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: June 30, 2019
The Emotional Self at Work in Higher Education
A book edited by Ingrid Ruffin (University of Tennessee Knoxville) and Charissa Powell (University of Tennessee Knoxville) 

Introduction
The many and varied challenges facing higher education include a culture of publish or perish, increased course loads without more pay or benefits increased pressure on institutions to compete for students, budget cuts, a political atmosphere targeting higher education, and continued systemic inequities. Those who work in higher ed are under more stress today than ever before. It has never been more important to understand and address the emotional self at work in higher education.
In an age of greater emotional intelligence, striving for the elusive work-life balance; the intricacies of a multi-generational workplace; and increased awareness of mental health issues, among other things, there are needs for tools/ frameworks/ advice/ case-studies to create a sustainable and healthy work environment. This book will serve as a practical guide to all aspects of dealing with the emotional self at work in the field of higher education.
Submissions from the full spectrum of higher education workers to include staff, graduate students, faculty of various ranks, and administration, will be considered for this book in order to provide a wide variety of perspectives.
Objective of the Book Awareness of mental health factors and their contribution to workplace problems and production increases the ability of individuals to respond more effectively to the challenges and opportunities facing higher education today.
This book will serve to generate conversations around practical implementation of healthy emotional workspace practices in the sphere of higher education. This moves beyond addressing emotional intelligence but addresses the awakening of a greater sense of the emotional self.

Target Audience 
This book is appropriate for anyone working in the field of higher education. It will be used as a reference and field guide to address emotional health in the workplace.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 
  • Distance Education and community 
  • Telepresence 
  • Self-awareness 
  • Care and community 
  • Creativity 
  • Reflective Practice 
  • Mindfulness 
  • Humanizing Others That 
  • Happiness 
  • Stressors 
  • Self-control 
  • Emotional State 
  • Grief 
  • Trauma/PTSD 
  • Identity and Intersectionality 
  • Emotional labor 
  • Emotional Intelligence 
  • Mental Health 
  • Whole Person 
  • Emotional Leadership 
  • Work/Life Balance 
  • Candor 
  • Mentoring 
  • Productivity and Emotions 
  • Providing/receiving feedback 
  • Conflict 
  • Empathy 
  • Capacity to care 
  • Artificial Intelligence 
  • Interpersonal trust 
  • Trust building 
  • Cognitive trust and affective distrust


Submission Procedure 
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 30, 2019, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of their proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by August 30th about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by November 1,2019 and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at
http://www.igi-global.com/…/contributor-r…/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Trust in Knowledge Management and Systems in Organizations. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery®TM online submission manager.

Publisher 
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science 

Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and“Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2020.

Important Dates 
1st proposal submission deadline - Jun 30, 2019
Full chapter submission - Nov 1, 2019
Review results due to authors - Dec 30, 2019
Revisions due from authors - Feb 3, 2020
Final acceptance/rejection notification due to authors - Feb 28, 2020
Final deadline - Mar 17, 2020


Inquiries can be forwarded to 
Ingrid Ruffin
University of Tennessee Knoxville
iruffin@utk.edu
Charissa Powell
University of Tennessee Knoxville
cpowel27@utk.edu
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