Equity-Pandemic-> items specific to Anti-Racism in STEM are on their own page.
COVID-19 Impact Statements as part of faculty dossiers and evaluation
What do we know about the impact of COVID on careers several years on:
- Rivera, Lauren A., Katherine Weisshaar, and András Tilcsik. 2024. “Disparate Impact? Career Disruptions and COVID-19 Impact Statements in Tenure Evaluations.” Sociological Science 11: 626-648.
- Li, T., Yang, X. & Cai, J. A systematic literature review on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty members’ research performance. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 12, 874 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05257-1
General references and resources:
- University of Michigan ADVANCE Faculty Equity & COVID-19: The problem, the evidence, and recommendations
- NASEM The Impact of COVID-19 on Tenure Clocks, Productivity, and Career Trajectories for Women in STEMM- Recordings of the five informational reports to the Committee are available in "past events"
- The Association for Women in Science hosted a Town Hall entitled “Ensuring Equity in Institutional COVID-19 Responses” The recording is shared in the link, and the organizers share some curated infromation in addition to the following message: "We acknowledge the unique labor of equity work especially during times of overlapping and intertwined crises. We appreciate your making time as we seek to identify, coordinate, and create resources to address the issues and challenges facing marginalized individuals in the academy. We also appreciate your patience and support as we facilitated this conversation in a fully virtual format."
- Summary of August 13 Gathering on Caregiving at Lehigh University (attended by Faculty and Staff) in partnership with CGE and WGSS, includes sitations of other recommendations
- Supporting Faculty During & After COVID-19 Aspire Alliance, Gonzales, L.D., & Griffin, K.A. (2020).
- Continuing the Conversation on Gender Equity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Disproportionate Effects of COVID-19 in Research, SigmaXi
- Documenting the pandemic (UMASS Amherst one pager and citations)
- In the wake of COVID-19, academia needs new solutions to ensure gender equity, Malisch, et al, 2020, PNAS
- STEM Equity and Inclusion (Un)Interrupted
- Fair Play game
- Intersectionality Matters podcast
- Dr. Bentley Gibson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Founder of The Bias Adjuster and keynote speaker Lehigh's January 2020 Inclusive Excellence in Teaching program, recently gave a workshop for LVAIC-check out the workshop recording here.
- Coronavirus Lockdown Lessons from Single-Parent Scientists Source: Nature
- Pandemic Hits Scientist Parents Hard Source: Science
- Scientist Mothers Face Extra Challenges in the Face of COVID-19 Source: Scientific American
- Impact of COVID-19 on Academic Mothers Source: Science
- Six Ways to Juggle Science and Childcare from Home
- Chemistry World features Dr. Krystle McLaughlin, Vassar (formerly of Lehigh BIOS) - Research Sabattical, Parenting, Teaching through COVID-19
- Here is a website with a wealth of information: a living document that is intended to continue the conversation on gender equity in academia that was started in the article Gender Equity in Academia Post-COVID19: Challenges and Opportunities.