The Pandemic Sabbatical
Writing after Midnight
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12918311 |
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| Authors | Susan Keith (0000-0002-3382-4060, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 377-380 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Culture and Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-9137 • E-ISSN: 1753-9129 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ccc/tcab014 |
| OpenAlex | W3168803920 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
I started writing this essay at 2:01 a.m., near the beginning of my overnight pandemic research shift. For the first time in hours, my apartment—all 800 square feet of it—is quiet, except for the hiss of the radiators. My husband and 14-year-old daughter are sleeping. So is the cat. I am awake because I am on a pandemic sabbatical, and the wee hours are the only time I can think. I am taking part in a 140-year-old academic rite of renewal (Eells & Hollis, 1962), which I need after four years as a department chair. While I was in that role—as an associate professor, which presents its own issues (Abele, 2013)—my department welcomed 5.5 new faculty members, an endowed chair, and 15 new adjuncts; worked on four promotions and eight reappointments; created nine new courses and a specialization; mastered a new scheduling system; and moved 60
Apartment · Art · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Daughter · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Media studies · Midnight · Pandemic · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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