Navigating academia during the COVID-19 pandemic: Can you do it all?

Abha Rai, Kristen Ravi

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The goal of this reflection paper is to draw from our own experiences of starting new tenure-track faculty positions in social work departments amid a global pandemic. By drawing from our experiences, we hope to reflect on strategies and resources utilized. By discussing our approach, we endeavor to provide support to other academics across the world. We believe these resources and strategies will be useful as we continue to live in the “new normal.”


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social work, pandemic, COVID-19, tenure-track, academia, best practices

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v1i2.1158

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