Alisa B. Lin
Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University, feminist productivity and time management author, mama of three
ACADEMICSI am an assistant professor in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at the Ohio State University, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts. My latest book is Theatrical Consciousness: The Actor’s Mind in Russian Modernism. I am now writing a book on intersections of theatrical performance and Christian practice in Eastern Europe, as well as a close study of the complete works of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky. In my teaching I value active, inclusive learning and introducing students to little-known cultural texts from Eastern Europe as we work on deepening our critical thinking and writing skills. My academic CV is here.
WRITINGFor twenty years I have been studying and self-experimenting with productivity practices. But when I became a working mom, much of the advice in mainstream writings on time management no longer applied to me. Since late 2023 I have been been channeling my fascination with productivity, how we work, and how we perceive our time into a popular weekly newsletter called The Tending Project. My newsletter advice works with the realities of our busy, stressed-out lives and presents work productivity as inseparable from the caregiving we do at home. I am also developing this project into a book represented by Leigh Eisenman of Wolf Literary Services.