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She lowered her hand. Her heart hammered against her ribs, a frantic drum solo.

Building on Albert Bandura’s theories, Miller’s research applies the concept of to faculty bullying. This explains how otherwise professional academics justify harmful behavior against colleagues by:

Minimizing the detrimental effects of their actions and blaming the victim for their own suffering. Impact and Prevalence

Viewing their bullying as serving a "worthy cause" for the department.

The presence of academic violence and bullying has broader implications for the academic community. It can:

The PDF icon sat on Dr. Elena Vance’s desktop like a landmine. The filename— geri_miller_academic_violence_and_bullying_of_faculty.pdf —had been circulating through the departmental listserv for days, forwarded with vague subject lines like "Interesting read" or "Re: Climate Survey."






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