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Jonathan Malesic

Jonathan Malesic

Ph.D., Author and Writing Teacher

Southern Methodist University

Jonathan Malesic is the author of The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives. He holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of Virginia. He teaches writing at Southern Methodist University.

Published Articles

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Do One Thing: Academic Vocation in the Age of Burnout

Jonathan Malesic

No. 58 · Fall 2023

Malesic draws on Oliver Burkeman’s 4,000 Weeks and Søren Kierkegaard’s Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing to argue that academic burnout is fundamentally institutional — a widening gap between mission ideals and working conditions — and urges colleges to resist “projectitis” by focusing on the one thing that matters most.

Jonathan Malesic

Published Articles

Do One Thing: Academic Vocation in the Age of Burnout