Women Educators' Experiences during COVID-19

Victoria McDermott is assistant professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Amy R. May is assistant professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Teresa Heinz Housel is a senior tutor in the School of Journalism, Communication and Marketing at Massey University of New Zealand.Erica Knotts is senior instructor of communication and program coordinator for the Conflict Management Certificate in the Department of Communication, Media, and Cinema at Southern Oregon University.Stevie M. Munz is associate professor in the Department of Communication at Utah Valley University.Leandra H. Hernández is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionVictoria McDermott, Amy R. May, Teresa Heinz Housel, Erica Knotts, Stevie M. Munz, Leandra H. HernándezPart 1: Women’s ExperiencesChapter 1: The Never-ending Pandemic(s): A Narrative Analysis on Black Women Educators Dealing with COVID, Sexism, and RacismAisha Powell, Symone Campbell, and Ashley LeveilleChapter 2: The Radical Specificity of COVID Autoethnographic MotherWritingPatty Sotirin Chapter 3: “I Want to be the Supporter, Not the Supported”: The Impact of Unreciprocated Caregiving on Women Faculty During COVID-19Rachel L. ReillyChapter 4: Balancing Academic Mothers and Academic Scholars: Gender Imbalances in Service Loads in Academic InstitutionsChin-Chung Chao and Ming XieChapter 5: The Soul of Working Women: Holistic Identity Challenges for Women Graduate Students During COVID-19Lakelyn E. Taylor and Elaine SchnabelChapter 6: Stories of Effective and Ineffective Support for Women Faculty through Lockdowns, Wildfires, and Budget CutsErica Knotts

“Academic women—If your “Things I don’t have time to do” list is expanding daily and if you’re tired of institutional platitudes about wellbeing, this book will resonate. The authors write with grace and insight about the challenges female academics face and how the pandemic accelerated these. Prepare to have a lot of “Well said!” thoughts as you turn the pages."