Impacts of COVID-19 on ecology and evolutionary biology faculty in the United States.

Autor: Aubry LM; Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, 1474 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523-1474, USA.; Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, 2545 Research Blvd, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526, USA., Laverty TM; Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, 1474 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523-1474, USA., Ma Z; Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 195 Marsteller Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2033, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America [Ecol Appl] 2021 Mar; Vol. 31 (2), pp. e2265. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 21.
DOI: 10.1002/eap.2265
Abstrakt: We surveyed ecologists and evolutionary biologists in American universities to understand how they are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Female respondents, assistant professors, and those who care for at least one child or teenager, were significantly more dissatisfied with their work-life balance during this pandemic than others, and further expected these negative impacts to be long lived. Online teaching support, relaxed expectations on publications, the possibility of pausing the tenure clock, and an acknowledgment of "no business as usual" by administrators were thought to be effective policies in mitigating these negative impacts. This survey serves as a manifesto to what our professional community is currently experiencing, and should be used to inform academic policies directed at improving faculty productivity and welfare.
(© 2020 by the Ecological Society of America.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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