The Fika Crew talks with Gloria Grice, PharmD - Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, St. Louis College of Pharmacy - about her years of work developing a faculty workload "estimator", a tool designed to spark conversation rather than produce a precise number. Our discussion is far-ranging, including how to capture teaching, service, and scholarship effort; why equity, wellness, and transparency matter; how workload data can reveal hidden burdens; and cultural growing pains. Gloria also shares candid lessons from rolling the tool out across numerous departments and schools.

Intro and Fika Snack Sharing: 0:00 - 3:09

Workload Discussion: 3:10

Resources

Grice GR. Brooks A, Richter S, et al. Design and refinement of a faculty workload estimator. Am J Pharm Educ 2024; 88 (9): 101251.

Grice GR, Lebovitz L, Park SK, et al. National Trial of a workload estimator for pharmacy faculty. Am J Pharm Educ 2026; 90 (4): 101953.

American Association of University Professors. Statement on Faculty Workload with Interpretive Comments. AAUP Policy Statements, Accessed June 18, 2026.

O'Meara K, Culpepper D, Misra J, Jaeger A. Equity-minded faculty workloads. What we can and should do now. American Council on Education, Washington, DC: 2022.

Townsend BK, Rosser VJ. Workload issues and measures of faculty productivity. Thought & Action Fall 2007; 7-19.

Porter SR, Umbach PD. Analyzing faculty workload data using multilevel modeling. Research in Higher Education 2001; 42: 171-196.

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