Book Review: Of Many Minds: Neurodiversity and Mental Health among University Faculty and Staff

Abstract

Coastal Drawing from exhaustive research analyses and personal narratives, Of Many Minds comes to us as a compendium of essays about neurodiversity and mental health in the world of academia with a focus on faculty and staff. The fresh new perspective is a volume of stories organized in four parts, with a Foreword, an Introduction, a list of bibliography, and an index. Edited by Rebecca Pope-Ruark and Lee Skallerup Bessette, the project was meant to be a platform for the members of faculty and staff who were willing to share their individual experience regarding the culture of mental health in US higher education. The main objective of this collection of essays is to use theory, disputation, and personal examples to address topics like stigma, ableism, and systemic barriers to seeking treatment. Short in format, the papers and the whole project are still replete with thorough research, factual statements, and original opinions.