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Fall 2020

Meeting #1
September 29, 2020


Reading:
“Academia in the Time of COVID-19: Towards an Ethics of Care” by Esteve Corbera , Isabelle Anguelovski , Jordi Honey-Rosés & Isabel RuizMallén
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14649357.2020.1757891

We discussed challenges of moving our work and teaching online and how to center caring in the decisions we make.

Meeting #2
October 26, 2020


Reading:
“Let’s Not Pretend It’s Fun”: How COVID-19-Related School and Childcare Closures are Damaging Mothers’ Well-Being by Jessica Calarco, Elizabeth Anderson, Emily Meanwell, and Amelia Knopf​
https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/jyvk4/

We discussed challenges of balancing the roles of mother and professor and working to stay sane in these difficult times.

Meeting #3

November 23, 2020

We discussed our successes and challenges balancing work and home life this semester while working primarily (if not exclusively) away from campus. We talked about lessons we learned from this year to shape our practices and choices next year and planned for the fig next semester.

Additionally, we discussed ways our identities shape the way we are perceived in the classroom and professionally.