Supervising Conflict : A Guide for Faculty / Heather Peggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peggs, Heather, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management.

Graduate students--Supervision of.

Graduate students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.) : 54 b&w illustrations, 15 b&w figures, 18 b&w tables

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Cultivating respectful and productive academic relationships is a priority within higher education. What can faculty do when conflict disrupts research progress and strains the supervisor/student relationship? Supervising Conflict offers practical advice and tools to help faculty identify and actively respond to the most common grad school concerns – the "everyday" conflicts. Drawing on data collected over four years at a large research-intensive university in Canada, Heather McGhee Peggs provides faculty with a map to where issues are likely to emerge based on hundreds of coaching conversations with faculty and students. While ideally every campus would have a dispute resolution office and a graduate peer support team to help individuals navigate conflict, the reality is that faculty are often managing complex and difficult situations on their own. This unique resource combines negotiation and fair complaints-handling principles with insights from a multidisciplinary graduate peer team and highlights the critical role that equitable, restorative, and trauma-informed approaches can play in the emergence and resolution of conflict. This book includes opportunities for self-reflection, real-life case studies, and activities for professional faculty development. Supervising Conflict guides administrators seeking to address graduate concerns earlier and more effectively at a systemic level.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

From the Author

Acknowledgments

Who Wants to Talk about Grad School Conflict?

Why Do Grad Students Avoid Conflict?

Why Is Conflict Something Faculty Should Manage?

If It’s Not My Conflict, How Can I Help?

What Are the Grad Conflict Hotspots?

CONFLICT #1 – Supervision

CONFLICT #2 – Grad School Challenges (Miscellaneous)

CONFLICT #3 – Escalation and Appeals

CONFLICT #4 – Interpersonal Conflict (Not Supervisory)

CONFLICT #5 – Research and Thesis

CONFLICT #6 – Academic Progress

CONFLICT #7 – Family and Personal

CONFLICT #8 – Health and Wellness/ Accessibility

CONFLICT #9 – Laboratories

CONFLICT #10 – Career and Work

What Can Supervisors Do to Prevent Conflict?

What Can Supervisors Do to Resolve Conflict?

What Can Departments or Institutions Do to Support Conflict Management?

What Do We Do When Conflict Isn’t Resolved?

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)

ISBN:

1-4875-5428-1