In the podcast 'Mind Matters: Academia's Mental Health Crisis,' host Adam Levy discusses academic burnout, particularly how high levels of commitment and passion for research can lead to overwhelming workloads. Astrophysicist Kelly Korreck shares insights from her own experience, detailing her hectic work life leading up to the pandemic and the shift in her work dynamics that contributed to her intense burnout. The episode emphasizes the importance of addressing academic burnout and advocating for mental health in academia.
My career was really going very, very well, and very busy. I was working on a major mission that included lots of talks, operating with Mission data, trying to get the data out to the public.
As well as mentoring graduate students, going to conferences, kind of doing all of the typical things that one would think of in terms of a research career.
But then, of course, for everyone, things changed in 2020. It really changed the way I worked.
It's about Stardust, a company focused on engaging women in STEM, I penned a column in Nature's careers section titled: How I managed my intense burnout.
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