Navigating Academia During COVID-19

This edited volume provides personal narratives of a diverse group of scholars in academia regarding strategies to navigate academia during times of COVID-19 and unrest. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) women in academia are grappling with emotional tolls and invisible burdens, discrimination, political turmoil, social unrest, and public health crises. Moreover, the rapid pivot response to COVID-19 has exacerbated inequities among BIPOC women in academia. This book explores their stories of ordeal, triumph, loss, and hope. Anuli Njoku is Associate Professor of Public Health in the Department of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University, USA. Her research and teaching specialties include cultural competency in higher education, health disparities, health promotion and education, health equity, environmental health, rural health, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Marian Evans is Associate Professor of Public Health in the Department of Public Health, and affiliated faculty in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at Southern Connecticut State University, USA. Her research and teaching specialties include Women’s health, environmental health, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and public health practice and management.