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“My loneliness is killing me”: Faculty contribution to international students’ ability to cope with COVID-19 isolation
(2020-06-02)
This essay addresses contributions faculty members could make in reducing students' experience of loneliness as well as actions students should take to be under faculty members' radar.
The Long Walk Home: The Covid-19 Triggered Migration of India’s Migrant Workers From The Cities To Their Homes
(2020-05-30)
The Long Walk Home: The Covid-19 Triggered Migration of India’s Migrant Workers From The Cities To Their Homes
Pandemic Enlightens
(2020-05-30)
Pandemic enlightens with lessons of cooperation, solidarity and humanity.
Helplessness
(2020-05-30)
A poem about the use of social media during the quarantine and how we can find hope in the matter.
Breaking Immigration Norms in the Age of COVID-19
(2020-06-05)
I reflect on the shifting nature of how refugees are rhetorically constituted in the disjunctive world of the contagion, intertwined with my own musings on my doctoral journey as a British-Syrian immigrant. I argue that ...
#payusviaBVN: Social Media, Lockdowns and Social Welfare in Nigeria
(2020-06-05)
Nigerians are employing social media channels to call out the government’s corrupt practices, particularly, the unequal distribution of monetary assistance meant for minimizing severe hardships caused by COVID-19 lockdowns.
Interrupting Privilege is Different in the Year 2020
(2020-06-08)
This essay describes the recent changes that have taken place with the Interrupting Privilege (IP) program. It explains how the program proceeded in the 2019-2020 academic year with new funding, location, and in light of ...
We were made for these times
(2020-06-09)
An immigrant from ex-Yugoslavia compares her experience of the 1999 NATO bombing of her home country with the experience of living in COVID19 times and invites the readers to connect to their own ancestors and ancestral ...
Waiting for the DACA Decision During the Pandemics: Two Perspectives
(2020-06-09)
The COVID-19 crisis highlights the critical contributions from DACA recipients as we await a decision on the future of DACA from the Supreme Court.
Colectivo de Medios Latinos: Collaborative Media Making for Latinx Communities in Response to COVID-19
(2020-06-08)
The essay describes a media collective effort that is providing Spanish-language and bilingual information about COVID-19 to Latinx communities, especially regarding health and safety.