African Studies Association Women's Caucus
Resources Bibliography
These materials have been gathered by the African Studies Association Women’s Caucus as part of our effort to highlight the ongoing impact of the COVID pandemic on gender and equity in academia.
For other similar collections see:
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Hedgehog Librarian. “Women’s Labor – COVID Bibliography,” May 4, 2020. https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/womenlaborcovidbib/.
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Villanova Office of the Provost. “Impacts of COVID-19 on Faculty Career Progression. https://www1.villanova.edu/content/villanova/provost/nsfadvance/covid-faculty-career-progression.html
ARTICLES
Academic, peer-reviewed articles
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AbuJarour, S., Ajjan, H., Fedorowicz, J., & Owens, D. (2021). How working from home during COVID-19 affects academic productivity. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 48(1), 8. [https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol48/iss1/8/] Behind a paywall.
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Alon, T.M. , Doepke M., Olmstead‐Rumsey J. and Tertilt M. 2020. “The Impact of COVID‐19 on Gender Equality.” NBER Working Paper No. 26947. [https://www.nber.org/papers/w26947.pdf].
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Boncori, I. 2020. “The Neverending Shift: A Feminist Reflection on Living and Organising Academic Lives during the Coronavirus Pandemic.” Gender, Work & Organization. 10.1111/gwao.12451. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7262040/]
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Couch, D. L., O'Sullivan, B., & Malatzky, C. (2021). What COVID‐19 could mean for the future of “work from home”: The provocations of three women in the academy. Gender, Work & Organization, 28, 266-275. [https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/doi/full/10.1111/gwao.12548]
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Cui, R., Ding, H., & Zhu, F. (2021). Gender inequality in research productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3623492]
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Gabster, B. P., van Daalen, K., Dhatt, R., & Barry, M. (2020). Challenges for the female academic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet, 395(10242), 1968-1970. [https://www-clinicalkey-com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/#!/content/playContent/1-s2.0-S0140673620314124?returnurl=null&referrer=null]
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Krukowski, R. A., Jagsi, R., & Cardel, M. I. (2021). Academic productivity differences by gender and child age in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Women's Health, 30(3), 341-347. [https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jwh.2020.8710]
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Myers, K. , Yang W., Yian Yin T., Cohodes N., Thursby J.G., Thursby M., Schiffer P., Walsh J., Lakhani K.R. and Wang D.. 2020. “Quantifying the Immediate Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Scientists.”
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Niekerk, Rudolph L. van, and Maria M. van Gent. “Mental Health and Well-Being of University Staff during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Levels 4 and 5 Lockdown in an Eastern Cape University, South Africa.” The South African Journal of Psychiatry : SAJP : The Journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa 27 (March 8, 2021): 1589.
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Oleschuk M. (2020). Gender Equity Considerations for Tenure and Promotion during COVID-19. Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie, 57(3), 502–515. [https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12295]
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Pereira, Maria do Mar. “Researching Gender Inequalities in Academic Labor during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Common Problems and Asking Different Questions.” Gender, Work & Organization n/a, no. n/a. Accessed July 20, 2021.
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Staniscuaski, F., Kmetzsch, L., Soletti, R. C., Reichert, F., Zandonà, E., Ludwig, Z., Lima, E. F., Neumann, A., Schwartz, I., Mello-Carpes, P. B., Tamajusuku, A., Werneck, F. P., Ricachenevsky, F. K., Infanger, C., Seixas, A., Staats, C. C., & de Oliveira, L. (2021). Gender, Race and Parenthood Impact Academic Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Survey to Action. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 663252. [https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.663252]
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Vroman, S. R., & Danko, T. (2020). Against what model? Evaluating women as leaders in the pandemic era. Gender, Work & Organization, 27(5), 860-867. Behind a paywall.
Public journalism (Chronicle, etc.)
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Flaherty, Colleen. “Early Journal Submission Data Suggest COVID-19 Is Tanking Women’s Research Productivity,” April 21, 2020. [https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/21/early-journal-submission-data-suggest-covid-19-tanking-womens-research-productivity]
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Gannon, Kevin. “Advice | Faculty Evaluation After the Pandemic.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 9, 2021. [https://www.chronicle.com/article/faculty-evaluation-after-the-pandemic]
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Interfolio. “Blog - COVID Impact Statements and The Pandemic Gap.” Interfolio (blog), June 4, 2021. [https://www.interfolio.com/resources/blog/covid-impact-statements]
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Khamis-Dakwar, Reem, and Josh Hiller. “In Response to the Pandemic, Better Alternatives to Pausing the Tenure Clock Should Be Considered (Opinion) | Inside Higher Ed,” July 7, 2020. [https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/07/07/response-pandemic-better-alternatives-pausing-tenure-clock-should-be-considered]
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Lakshmin, Pooja. “How Society Has Turned Its Back on Mothers.” The New York Times, February 4, 2021, sec. Parenting. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/parenting/working-mom-burnout-coronavirus.html]
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Malisch, Jessica L., Breanna N. Harris, Shanen M. Sherrer, Kristy A. Lewis, Stephanie L. Shepherd, Pumtiwitt C. McCarthy, Jessica L. Spott, et al. “Opinion: In the Wake of COVID-19, Academia Needs New Solutions to Ensure Gender Equity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 27 (July 7, 2020): 15378–81.
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Mandavilli, Apoorva. “Could the Pandemic Prompt an ‘Epidemic of Loss’ of Women in the Sciences?” The New York Times, April 13, 2021, sec. Health. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/health/women-stem-pandemic.html]
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Mugo, Kari, Naliaka Odera, and Maina Wachira. “Surveying the Impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s Higher Education and Research Sector.” Africa Portal, June 8, 2020. [https://www.africaportal.org/features/surveying-impact-covid-19-africas-higher-education-and-research-sectors/]
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Skinner, Makala, Nicole Betancourt, and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg. “The Disproportionate Impact of the Pandemic on Women and Caregivers in Academia.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 13, 2021. [https://www.chronicle.com/professional-development/report/the-disproportionate-impact-of-the-pandemic-on-women-and-caregivers-in-academia]
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Viglione, Giuliana. “Are Women Publishing Less during the Pandemic? Here’s What the Data Say.” Nature 581, no. 7809 (May 20, 2020): 365–66.
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Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe. “Challenges and Opportunities for African Universities in a Post-COVID-19 World.” The Elephant, June 7, 2021. [https://www.theelephant.info/long-reads/2021/06/07/challenges-and-opportunities-for-african-universities-in-a-post-covid-19-world/]
Auto-ethnography and personal stories
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Guy, B., & Arthur, B. (2020). Academic motherhood during COVID‐19: Navigating our dual roles as educators and mothers. Gender, Work, and Organization. Behind a paywall.
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Katz, N. B., Bryan, K. M., Jumreornvong, O., Sarno, D. L., Ulep, R. D., & Englander, M. J. (2021). Re:“Academic Productivity Differences by Gender and Child Age in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine Faculty During the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Krukowski et al. Journal of Women's Health. [https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jwh.2021.0238]
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Newcomb, Michelle. “The Emotional Labour of Academia in the Time of a Pandemic: A Feminist Reflection.” Qualitative Social Work 20 (March 1, 2021): 639–44.
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"On Grief & Loss: Building a Post-Pandemic Future for Higher Ed without Losing Sight of Our Students and Ourselves." A keynote by Joshua Eyler. (PSU) [https://youtu.be/HJDEZs8vplU]
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Utoft, E. H. (2020). ‘All the single ladies’ as the ideal academic during times of COVID‐19?. Gender, Work & Organization, 27(5), 778-787. Behind a paywall.
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Welch, Nancy. “A Semester to Die For.” Spectre Journal (blog), July 6, 2020. [https://spectrejournal.com/a-semester-to-die-for/]
INSTITUTIONAL SURVEYS AND REPORTS
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Gonzales, L.D., & Griffin, K.A. (2020). Supporting Faculty During & After COVID-19: Don’t let go of equity. Washington, DC: Aspire Alliance. [https://provost.wayne.edu/pdf/supporting_faculty_covid19.pdf]
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“Junior Faculty and Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic.” John Hopkins University, July 22, 2020. [https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/junior_faculty_report.pdf]
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Faculty Women’s Forum Steering Committee. “Covid-19 Faculty Survey.” Stanford University, December 10, 2020. [https://facultydevelopment.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj9996/f/fwf_covid-19_survey_results_and_discussion_as_presented_december_10_2020.reduced_0.pdf]
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“Faculty Work & Life During the Pandemic.” Villanova University, n.d. [https://www1.villanova.edu/content/dam/villanova/provost/NSFAdvance/Disparate%20Impacts%20Infographic%20VISIBLE_VISIBLE%20Colors.pdf]
OTHER ASSOCIATION STATEMENTS ON COVID'S IMPACT
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American Anthropological Association. “GUIDELINES FOR MITIGATING THE UNEVEN EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON FACULTY,” April 27, 2021. [http://s3.amazonaws.com/rdcms-aaa/files/production/public/FileDownloads/AAA%20guidelines%20on%20effects%20of%20pandemic%20on%20faculty%205.23.21.pdf]
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American Historical Association. “AHA Issues Statement Regarding Historians and COVID-19 (April 2020) | AHA,” April 3, 2020. [https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/aha-advocacy/aha-statement-regarding-historians-and-covid-19-(april-2020)]
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American Sociological Association. “A Call to Higher Education Administrators Regarding Faculty Review and Reappointment Processes During the COVID-19 Crisis,” March 23, 2020. [https://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/asa_statement_on_faculty_review_covid-19.pdf]
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“Covid-19: Academic Solidarity Statement.” [https://www.academicsolidaritystatement.com]
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Modern Languages Association. “Statement on COVID-19 and Academic Labor,” March 2020. [https://www.mla.org/About-Us/Governance/Executive-Council/Executive-Council-Actions/2020/Statement-on-COVID-19-and-Academic-Labor]