As COVID-19 began its spread, parents from academia took on a variety of new or expanded roles: daycare provider, tutor, and more. At work, they managed new responsibilities while current duties grew at a rapid pace. Currently, there is no room for any of this work on the traditional curriculum vitae, or CV, which is often used for academic review and promotion. But what if CVs better reflected the reality of their work, even documenting the disruptions caused by the pandemic – particularly for women who have shouldered a great burden both at work and home?
That’s what IUPUI’s Rachel Wheeler and colleagues Jane Williams, Aaron Ganci, and Rajeev Raje are hoping to do through the development of an app called COVID CV.
These growing disparities, as well as the disruptions caused by COVID-19 particularly as they relate to childcare for young children, will be highlighted by the app, which will generate a COVID CV for the user using simple graphical elements to illustrate the pandemic’s impact. An online exhibit featuring representative COVID CVs of scholars at varying stages of their careers will accompany the launch of the app, projected for early 2021, which will highlight the disparate impact of the pandemic on faculty at different ranks and stages of their careers.