FACULTY SUCCESS REIMAGINED

Step into a wildly successful AND nourishing faculty life with holistic professional development offerings tailored for you.

Writing Communities

Personalized Coaching

WOC Faculty Retreats

Have a love-hate relationship with faculty life?

It's great...except for the massive workload. If you're like most, just staying afloat means:

  • Longer and longer work hours
  • Less space for self-care and loved ones
  • More exhaustion and fatigue
  • Slow (or nonexistent) writing progress

Not okay! You've sacrificed enough to get here.

DITCH THE OVERLOAD. KEEP THE SUCCESS.

Hi, I'm Roxanne Donovan, PhD.

As a professor, woman of color, and mom, I've felt firsthand the deep drain academia can induce. 

As a psychologist, I knew there had to be a better way. 

So, I've spent the last 20 years applying psych-based practices toward a healthier, more joyful faculty life.

After helping hundreds of faculty implement these practices in their own lives, I'm certain: 

You don't have to sacrifice your well-being or relationships for success in higher ed.

THE WELLACADEMIC WAY

Your blueprint for building an abundant faculty life.

It works even in terrain filled with systemic, institutional, and interpersonal obstacles.

Hint: You need all 4 pieces to achieve sustainable progress.

MAKE FACULTY LIFE EASIER

With psychological strategies for more focus, fulfillment, and free time in academia—delivered twice monthly to your inbox.

Join the 1000+ community of diverse faculty who receive our free Wellness Wednesday emails.

If you're ready for more targeted support…

We offer several paid services, too.

JOIN A WRITING COMMUNITY

Crush your writing goals weekly throughout the semester or during a 2-week summer writing sprint.

GET PERSONALIZED COACHING

Achieve your biggest goals without sacrificing your health or forsaking your family in this 16-week, 1:1 faculty coaching program.

BUILD A STRONG P&T CASE

Craft a convincing tenure and/or promotion case in this personalized 8-week coaching and developmental editing program.

TAKE A WELL-DESERVED RETREAT

Escape to the mountains for transformation and sisterhood in this 3-day professional development experience for women of color faculty.

Interested in our campus workshops and groups? This page is for you >>

"WellAcademic is life-changing. The programs have given me tools to reclaim my time and work more efficiently, while living a healthier lifestyle."

April Langley, PhD
Associate Professor, University of South Carolina

No matter how you start, we promise to:

Meet you where you are.

As women of color faculty, justice scholars, and moms, we see you and the invisibilized barriers to your success and well-being.

Get straight to the point.

You don't have time for fluff. So our programs have exactly what you need—and nothing you don't—for fast, sustainable results.

Give you tools that actually work.

Change is hard. We make it easier with practical tools grounded in psychological science and proven to work with hundreds of faculty just like you.

"WellAcademic LITERALLY changed my life. I've learned to set and hold boundaries, better manage my workload, and create a path to mental, physical, and spiritual wholeness."

Tia Sherèe Gaynor, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

Bottom line?

You deserve a wildly successful AND nourishing faculty life NOW,
...not after tenure
...not after promotion to full
...not after that publication
...not next semester, next year, someday.

Life is too precious to waste another second in overload. 

You deserve a healthier, more joyful faculty life NOW,

...not after tenure
...not after full
...not after that publication
...not next semester, next year, someday.

Life is too precious to waste another second.