About
In the summer of 2020, this course was created to engage our students and community by highlighting the scholarly work of our faculty through the lens of the coronavirus pandemic. UNIV 391: COVID-19 and the Mason Impact was a free one-credit course offered to Mason students and shared with the public. During each session, a different Mason faculty or staff member was featured to lead a conversational presentation about an aspect of COVID-19 that intersected with their scholarly work. The course was moderated by Dr. Bethany Usher, Associate Provost and faculty member in Sociology and Anthropology.
Purpose and Class Overview
COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of our global, local, and personal lives. Mason faculty share their perspectives, and highlight how their scholarly work can help us better understand the effects of the pandemic. In the context of COVID-19, and the social and biological impacts of the pandemic, students will:
- Describe the global, local, and personal impacts;
- Compare how different disciplines have contributed to learning;
- Demonstrate that research and scholarship at Mason contributes to the rapidly growing body of knowledge, and compare how different disciplines have contributed to the research; and
- Make informed decisions about their own personal behaviors to mitigate risks of COVID-19 to the themselves and their communities.
Questions about the course? Email us at impactgm@gmu.edu.
List of Previous Speakers
Recordings of the presentations can be found via the links below
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Monday, July 6 2020 |
Introduction to COVID-19: Challenges in Responding and Ways Forward |
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Tuesday, July 7 2020 |
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Thursday, July 9 2020 |
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Monday, July 13 2020 |
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Tuesday, Juy 14 2020 |
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Thursday, July 16 2020 |
Andrew Light | Climate Change, COVID-19, and Creating a Sustainable Recovery |
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Monday, July 20 2020 |
Ali Andalibi |
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Tuesday, July 21 2020 |
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Thursday, July 23 2020 |
Rick Davis and Adrienne Godwin |
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Monday, July 27 2020 |
Navigating Tourism in the Covid-19 Era | |
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Tuesday, July 28 2020 |
When Will I be Able to Hug My Grandparents? Social Isolation and Older Adults During the Pandemic |
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Thursday, July 30 2020 |
Coping During COVID – Maintaining Sanity During a Pandemic | |
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Monday, August 3 2020 |
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Tuesday, August 4 2020 |
Lisa Park and Julie Zobel |
Share Your Story
The University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center is actively collecting materials that document the effects of COVID-19 on our university community. We are asking members of the Mason Nation to help us build this collection by preserving and donating a record of their personal experiences regarding the COVID-19 Crisis.
More information is found here.
The site includes a form that interested individuals can complete, with an additional option of uploading files or mailing in physical materials such as diaries, journals, etc. This archive will be accessible in the future – we will process the collection in 2021 and make appropriate materials available online and the entire collection available for in-house research.