"An exhaustive yet wonderfully readable guide on how to create joy in every aspect of the academic profession through straightforward advice, exercises, and templates. Professor Wells is the ideal guide both to the freshly minted assistant professor and others more advanced." --Rob Haskins, Professor and Chair of Music, University of New Hampshire "Filled to the brim with practical advice, The Organized Academic contains everything you need to structure your daily and yearly workload, set up lecture slides, and become an effective professor. If you're an academic, you need to read this book. Even if you're not, Elizabeth Wells distills the best productivity advice that we can all use in our work and life." --Chris Bailey, author of Hyperfocus and The Productivity Project.