Documenting COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Faculty Careers

Please note this event occurred in the past.
September 03, 2020 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
via Zoom

Hosted by: UMass ADVANCE, Provost's Office, Office of Faculty Development, and the MA Society of Professors

A Panel Discussion With:

  • Amel Ahmed, Associate Provost for Equity and Inclusion
  • James Allan, Chair. College of Information and Computer Sciences
  • Michelle Budig, Vice Provost for Faculty Development
  • Laurel Smith-Doerr, Principal Investigator, UMass ADVANCE Program
  • Eve Weinbaum, President, MA Society of Professors

Faculty work has been impacted by COVID-19 in a variety of ways, including moving classes online, and having research programs abruptly interrupted. It is likely that this impact will be felt more powerfully by faculty doing life-saving work that takes them away from more traditional kinds of faculty productivity. Early studies show greater impacts on women, faculty with primary caregiving responsibilities, along with Black, Indigenous and Latinx faculty who are supporting the health of their communities in this time. This ADVANCE-sponsored session, presented in partnership with the Provost's Office, Office of Faculty Development, and the MA Society of Professors will cover how faculty can document COVID-19 impacts on their Annual Faculty Review (AFR), or through impact statements about the COVID-19 pandemic for their personnel cases. This session will also address guidance to Personnel Committees and external letter writers, and equity-minded approaches for addressing the impact of COVID-19.