COVID-19 RESOURCES FOR SOCIOLOGISTS
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BY MUDASSAR IQBAL FROM PIXABAY
April 7, 2020
Every day we face new challenges related to COVID-19. ASA wants to help sociologists navigate those challenges. We are offering several resources to help sociologists in their work during this period.
- ASA Webinars
- ASA Advocacy
- Teaching and Advising
- Resources for Students
- Research in ASA Journals
- COVID-19 Projects Initiated by Sociologists
- Sociologists in the News
- Additional Research and Resources
ASA WEBINARS
Best Practices and Strategies for Successful Online Teaching, April 22, 2020, 3:00 PM Eastern Time/Noon Pacific
Because of COVID-19, faculty have quickly moved their courses online, and their immediate focus is getting through the crisis. As institutions look beyond the current semester, a growing number are moving summer courses online and some are planning for this possibility for fall. In this previously scheduled webinar, Melinda Messineo will cover best practices for online teaching and learning, as well as sociology-specific recommendations to help faculty prepare for and improve their online teaching. Dr. Messineo is a professor of sociology at Ball State University. She was a member of ASA’s Task Force on Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major, where she was part of the subcommittee on online learning. The newest recommendations from the task force can be found in The Sociology Major in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education: Curriculum, Careers and Online Learning. Click here to register.
Because of COVID-19, faculty have quickly moved their courses online, and their immediate focus is getting through the crisis. As institutions look beyond the current semester, a growing number are moving summer courses online and some are planning for this possibility for fall. In this previously scheduled webinar, Melinda Messineo will cover best practices for online teaching and learning, as well as sociology-specific recommendations to help faculty prepare for and improve their online teaching. Dr. Messineo is a professor of sociology at Ball State University. She was a member of ASA’s Task Force on Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major, where she was part of the subcommittee on online learning. The newest recommendations from the task force can be found in The Sociology Major in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education: Curriculum, Careers and Online Learning. Click here to register.
Sociology Student Town Hall: Navigating Covid-19, recorded April 16, 2020
The Student Forum Advisory Board invites sociology graduate and undergraduate students to a town hall to discuss how to navigate the challenges of being a student during this difficult time. Whether you are taking courses or in the final stages of writing your dissertation, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted students in unique ways. We invite students at all stages to join us for a conversation to share resources, discuss coping strategies, and commiserate. Watch the recording and access shared resources.
The Student Forum Advisory Board invites sociology graduate and undergraduate students to a town hall to discuss how to navigate the challenges of being a student during this difficult time. Whether you are taking courses or in the final stages of writing your dissertation, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted students in unique ways. We invite students at all stages to join us for a conversation to share resources, discuss coping strategies, and commiserate. Watch the recording and access shared resources.
Transitioning to Online Teaching in the Face of COVID-19, recorded March 19, 2020
Colleges and universities across the country are transitioning to distance learning in response to COVID-19. Many instructors have been asked to move their face-to-face courses online in a short amount of time, often with little guidance for this process. In response, ASA hosted a webinar to help instructors manage the transition and facilitate students' continued learning in the online environment. Panelists include Melinda Messineo, professor of sociology at Ball State University and member of the Online Learning Subcommittee of the ASA Taskforce on Liberal Learning; Kimberly Alecia Singletary, Instructional Designer and Educational Consultant; and Matt Rafalow, Social Scientist at Google and author of forthcoming book on EdTech and inequality. Watch the recording and find additional resources to assist faculty in creating quality and creative online courses and assignments.
Colleges and universities across the country are transitioning to distance learning in response to COVID-19. Many instructors have been asked to move their face-to-face courses online in a short amount of time, often with little guidance for this process. In response, ASA hosted a webinar to help instructors manage the transition and facilitate students' continued learning in the online environment. Panelists include Melinda Messineo, professor of sociology at Ball State University and member of the Online Learning Subcommittee of the ASA Taskforce on Liberal Learning; Kimberly Alecia Singletary, Instructional Designer and Educational Consultant; and Matt Rafalow, Social Scientist at Google and author of forthcoming book on EdTech and inequality. Watch the recording and find additional resources to assist faculty in creating quality and creative online courses and assignments.
College Students and Mental Health: Strategies for Supporting Students, recorded January 22, 2019
In this ASA Department Affiliates webinar, sociologists Shirley Leyro (Associate Professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College and Mental Health First Aid Trainer) and Yvonne Vissing (Professor at Salem State University and National Alliance on Mental Health Trainer) share strategies for responding to students and explore proactive ways that faculty members, departments, and institutions can support student mental health. Watch the recording.
In this ASA Department Affiliates webinar, sociologists Shirley Leyro (Associate Professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College and Mental Health First Aid Trainer) and Yvonne Vissing (Professor at Salem State University and National Alliance on Mental Health Trainer) share strategies for responding to students and explore proactive ways that faculty members, departments, and institutions can support student mental health. Watch the recording.
ASA ADVOCACY
Statement on Faculty Review and Reappointment Processes during COVID-19: On March 23, ASA released a formal statement, endorsed by dozens of other scholarly associations across disciplines, calling on institutions of higher education to consider appropriate temporary adjustments to their review and reappointment processes for tenure-track and contingent faculty during the COVID-19 crisis. The statement contains recommendations to limit the use of student evaluations of teaching during the current term and to adjust expectations for faculty scholarship through this period. Further, administrators are encouraged to communicate such changes to faculty expeditiously. "We ask that institutions support the extraordinary efforts of faculty by allowing them to focus on immediate needs without worrying that this will compromise how they are reviewed for tenure, promotion, and reappointment." Read the full statement here.
TEACHING AND ADVISING
TRAILS
In reponse to COVID-19, ASA has temporarily made TRAILS available to everyone. TRAILS is an online peer-reviewed library of high quality teaching resources. Resource types include syllabi, class activities, assignments, lectures, and more. You may log in to TRAILS using your ASA username and password, regardless of your membership status. If you do not have an ASA username and password, you can create one here.
Online Sociological Content for Your Courses
- Sociological Insights Videos
- The Society Pages
- SAGE Lecture Spark: Connecting Current Events to Your Classroom
- Contexts blog on COVID-19
- Popular Sociology
Other Resources to Support Your Teaching and Advising
- Low Tech Resources to Keep You Teaching
- Coping With Coronavirus: How Faculty Members Can Support Students in Traumatic Times
- Maintaining Accessibility in the Online Environment
- How to Recover the Joy of Teaching After an Online Pivot
- How (Not) to Evaluate Teaching During a Pandemic
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
- The SWS Student Caucus is collecting information on university and department response to COVID-19 to advocate for protective measures for graduate students, such as extended deadlines and extended funding. Preliminary results and resource sheet are available here.
- Advice for PhD Students and their Mentors in the Time of Coronavirus
- An Open Letter on the COVID-19 Crisis to Young Social Science Scholars
- For Many Grad Students, COVID-19 Highlights Inequities
- What About Graduate Students?
- Adjusting Your Study Habits during COVID
- Surviving COVID-19: A #RealCollege Guide for Students
- Managing the Stress of Living at Home for College
RESEARCH IN ASA JOURNALS
ASA Journal Articles Relevant to COVID-19. ASA has worked with our journal editors to identify existing articles in ASA journals that could be useful to those trying to develop responses to, and cope with, the enormous disruptions this pandemic has produced. Click here to access the articles that are freely available to all users.
Call for Papers. Journal of Health and Social Behavior is seeking manuscripts on “The COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk, Disparities, and Health” to be published in a regular issue. JHSB is looking for theoretical and empirical manuscripts that examine the sociological impacts of COVID-19. These papers can address any of, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Racial/ethnic disparities in testing, treatment, and/or health outcomes
- Gender differences in mortality and morbidity
- Geo-spatial trends in US morbidity and mortality
- Social variation in pandemic response by city/state/country
- Impact on medical care professionals and first-responders (e.g., fatigue, burnout, risk of infection, overwork)
- Impact on health care systems and networks (e.g., overburdening, lack of supplies/equipment, lack of trained professionals)
- Social disparities in the impact on “essential” workers
- The impact of the pandemic on mental health (e.g., due to isolation, proximity to death, economic uncertainty)
- Prison and detention center health, health outcomes, and risk of infection
- Impact on other medical care (e.g., individuals who need care for—or are hospitalized for—conditions/reasons other than COVID-19)
- Disparities in responses to public health recommendations during this pandemic
COVID-19 PROJECTS INITIATED BY SOCIOLOGISTS
Sociologists are responding in creative ways to learn more about the pandemic and its consequences. They are collecting data, creating interdisciplinary research collaborations, compiling resources, and supporting their communities. See the projects and initiatives that sociologists are leading and add your own.
SOCIOLOGISTS IN THE NEWS
Journalists are turning to sociologists on a wide variety of topics. Click here to see the articles that sociologists are quoted in or have authored on the topic of COVID -19 and add yourself to the list.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND RESOURCES
- Sociology of Health and Illness 2013 special issue on Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Sociological Agenda
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Resources compiled by COSSA
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Research from SAGE
- Information from NSF on Coronavirus
You can help support ASA's efforts on behalf of sociologists by becoming a member or by making a donation here.
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