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Eva: I think it has been a very good time, as well, to reflect on what we value most. Yes, we do have to revisit those things and especially something that is both arbitrary but also important of reaching something like 100, that’s such a big thing, but yet wanting to be gentle with ourselves and with our colleagues in some of those ways while still wanting to celebrate what has gone on, it’s really harder some days than I think maybe we sometimes realize.
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I had the odd thing where I applied for full professor, and while that actually was awarded to me during the pandemic, all of the work came before we were facing those things. So many of us have had a shift in terms of how we’re measuring success. You just said so much there that we really have had such a shift. That’s something that I’ve been seeing as a success now, reflecting back on it. Going through this pandemic and just being cooped up at home and spending more time with my immediate family, my husband, and my daughter has made me appreciate, then, being able to spend more time with my daughter, in particular, and having to step up in her teaching and all that is a success in itself as well. Looking back on that, the fact then I have survived the year, that none of my projects have suffered major damage, that my family is healthy and well, and that we’ve just made it through the year and are still making it through this pandemic has been a success in itself. I always tried, maybe I can try to get to that and then say, “Okay, can I become a lecture of this university? Where is my spot?” All joking aside, that was my expectation for the year 2020. 2020 was supposed to be the year if I would keep up my rate of publication, would be the year that I get to do 100 publications, and I was looking forward to that for the mythical aura that is around that here in Ecuador, where I’m based because I remember when they started the new technical university here, that they said we have to bring people from outside the country to manage this university because there’s nobody here who has more than 100 publications. Eva: Yes, it’s a great question, and it’s something that I’ve been thinking about. It’s important for us to think about how we measure our “success,” and I want to put that in air quotes a little bit that how has your thinking about measuring success shifted specifically with regard to the pandemic? There’s so much going on right now in people’s personal lives and then, of course, that’s being compounded with the pandemic. Bonni: Sometimes when I’ve talked to people in the past on the show who have gone through really immense grief, we, once a long time ago, had someone talking about being diagnosed with something, in that particular case, being diagnosed with cancer and all the grief. Eva Lantsoght: Thank you so much for having me, Bonni.
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In her free time, Eva enjoys hiking with her family, reading, practicing yoga, and exploring the world through cooking recipes from different countries. She has published books on the process of doing a PhD, is fascinated by research methods and research mechanics, and loves exploring new ways of reaching her students and increasing engagement. Eva Lantsoght is a professor of civil engineering in Ecuador and the Netherlands. We also share ways to improve our productivity approaches so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students.
I’m, Bonni Stachowiak, and this is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning.
Bonni: Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. Production Credit: Produced by Elevate Learning, maximizing human potential. Bonni Stachowiak: Today on episode number 360 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Eva Lantsoght talks about big rocks productivity.