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The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly tested the resilience of academics in higher education. Many universities were severely affected by reduced student enrolment, with widespread job losses reported across universities. For many academics, the impact of the pandemic has been worrying, financially crippling and overwhelming.
The virus has also exposed academic inequalities and impacted heavily on vulnerable people. The individual and collective heroic spirit of many academics has been nothing short of extraordinary. Overcoming the initial hurdles of COVID-19 takes one kind of energy; the resilience needed to remain engaged despite the continuing changes and uncertainties is quite another challenge. It is one that demands sustained resilience.
This timely book provides perspectives across disciplines, career stages and global contexts on how to develop resilience in academia. These personal stories may empower others not only to survive, but to thrive in times of adversity.
An insightful and comforting selection of stories that explore the challenges overcome and the communities built during a time of global crisis. If you are an academic, this book offers ideas, strategies, and the sense that we are not alone in the difficulties of pandemic and post-pandemic academic life.
— Amber McLeod, Lecturer, Monash University
Marian Mahat is a Senior Research Fellow in the Learning Environments Applied Research Network at the University of Melbourne. Marian is the recipient of a number of awards, including Early Career Research Excellence Award and Research Partnership Excellence Award. She is also recipient of the 2022 Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership Program.
Joanne Blannin is Senior Lecturer in Digital Transformations at Monash University, Australia. Joanne is also Board Member and Conference Chair for Digital Learning & Teaching Victoria and the Victorian representative for the Australian Council for Computers in Education.
Caroline Cohrssen is Associate Professor in Teacher Education and Learning Leadership at The University of Hong Kong. Caroline has been appointed Professor of Early Childhood at The University of New England in Armidale, NSW and will be returning home to Australia in mid-2022.
Elizer Jay de los Reyes is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore. Jay combines global ethnography and digital ethnography to examine transnational connections between migrant Filipina domestic workers in Singapore and their left behind families in rural Philippines.
Setting the Scene
Chapter 1. Academic Resilience: An Uncharted Terrain; Caroline Cohrssen; Joanne Blannin; Elizer Jay de Los Reyes, and Marian Mahat
Personal Experiences of Resilience
Chapter 2. Impostor Syndrome Magnified: Experiences of an Early Career Academic; Matt Harrison
Chapter 3. “We’re All in This Together”: International Academic Cooperation as an Indication of Resilience during the COVID-19 Crisis; Bárbara Fernández-Melleda
Chapter 4. Academia in the pandemic: The challenges and experiences in the work environment; Tabassum Amina
Chapter 5. The Resilience of South African Academic Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic; Raj Mestry
Resilience Within and Beyond the Academy
Chapter 6. Collective Resilience among Scholars and Businesses: A Brazilian University in the COVID-19 Crisis; Lisiane Closs, Daniela Brauner, Fernanda Reichert, Raquel Janissek-Muniz, and Sofia Gelain da Cunha
Chapter 7. Civic Engagement during COVID-19: Conversation, Contribution and Collaboration as a mode of Resilience; Kathleen Riach
Chapter 8. Building Academic Resilience: Lessons for Academics and Institutions; Elizer Jay de Los Reyes, Joanne Blannin, Marian Mahat
Looking Forward
Chapter 9. Academic Resilience Model: Thriving in Times of Adversity ; Marian Mahat; Joanne Blannin, Caroline Cohrssen, and Elizer Jay de Los Reyes