Full Description
How can an undergraduate college education prepare learners to cope with the current COVID-19 pandemic? This collection of short essays, written by experts in 25 academic fields of study, addresses this very question. Each chapter brings perspective and insight from that discipline, presenting one useful idea and a recommended course of action. This one-of-a-kind resource is ideal for students, instructors, and administrators, particularly during the 2020-2021-academic year when institutions are challenged to continue their educational missions in the midst of a public health crisis that affects every aspect of college life.
Contents
Annotated Contents
Preface
The Need for Reader Advocates
1: Know That Things Are Not What They Seem (Sociology) - Joan Ferrante and Chris Caldeira
2: Connect and Reconnect With Food (Anthropology) - Sharyn Jones
3: Look to Science for Answers (Biology) - Emina Atikovic
4: Work to Become Resilient (Clinical Counseling) - Isabella Zembrodt
5: Engage in New Ways (Community Engagement) - Mark Neikirk
6: Slow Down, Pause, Reflect (Creative Writing) - Kelly Moffett
7: Grasp the Deeper Meaning of Social Distancing (Critical White Studies) - Joan Ferrante and Prince Brown Jr. with poetry and screenwriting by India Hackle
8: Change the Story, Change What Is Possible (Cultural Studies) - John Alberti
9: Embrace the Math You Thought You Would Never Need (Developmental Mathematics) - Elizabeth McMillan-McCartney
10: Read, Write, Make Meaning (English Literature) - Robert K. Wallace
11: Don't Blame the Bats (Environmental Sociology) - Jaime McCauley
12: See the Predictability in the Chaos of Pandemics (Film Studies) - Tom Zaniello
13: Behave as if You Are Contagious (Health Economics) - Linda Dynan
14: Discover a Blueprint to See a Way Out (History) - William Landon
15: Know How Your Information Is Being Shared (Informatics) - Kevin Kirby
16: Turn to Mathematics to Know How We Are Doing (Mathematics) - Phil McCartney
17: Support the Artists You Turn to in Times of Crisis (Music) - Jason Vest
18: Understand That Crises Can Be Managed (Organizational Leadership) - Nana Arthur-Mensah
19: Stand Up for the Marginalized and Vulnerable (Philosophy) - Yaw A. Frimpong-Mansoh
20: Join Together in an Age of Apart (Political Science) - Ryan Salzman
21: Imagine How the Pandemic Affects Everyone Across the Lifespan (Psychological Science) - Allyson S. Graf
22: Keep Looking for the Students Who Have Not Connected (School Counseling) - Donita Jackson
23: Learn How Trauma Impacts Us (Trauma Studies) - La Shanda Sugg
24: Visualize Social Issues (Visual Arts) - Robert Del Tredici
25: Learn How Another Culture Responds to Crises (World Languages) - Bo-Kyung Kim Kirby
Notes
Index
