Since the coronavirus pandemic started in March, I've photographed a handful of stories for the Chronicle of Higher Education about how faculty, students, and institutions, were affected by the global health emergency and how they've responded. From Harvard's student moveout in March to grad students unable to continue their research to professors trying to figure out how to manage teaching fully online or in person when a school forces them to do so, it's been interesting to talk with all of these people about how the academic world has been upended.

Thanks, as always, to Rose and Erica for the assignments.

Harvard moveout at the beginning of the pandemic

Friends help Tyler Griggs (black jacket) pack his mattress in a car as students move out in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sat., March 14, 2020. Griggs is a Senior in Lowell House and said he would be driving his belongings to stay with friends in Long Island, New York. Harvard University decided to empty its dormitories (also known as Houses) as part of the public health response to rising COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the US and around the globe. Announced earlier in the week, all students needed to move out of their dorms by March 15 at 4pm, though students could appeal to be reassigned a dorm if they couldn't make other arrangements. For many seniors, this will likely be their last days on the campus. 

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Harvard University decided to empty its dormitories (also known as Houses) as part of the public health response to rising COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the US and around the globe. Here, students and families are seen leaving the Leverett House area as boxes pile up for UPS pickup in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sat., March 14, 2020. Announced earlier in the week, all students needed to move out of their dorms by March 15 at 4pm, though students could appeal to be reassigned a dorm if they couldn't make other arrangements. For many seniors, this will likely be their last days on the campus. 

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Janeen and Peter Dreux, of Lumberton, New Jersey sort through their Senior daughter's belongings during the Harvard moveout outside Winthrop House, one of Harvard University's dormitories, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sun., March 15, 2020. Their daughter has a job lined up in Boston after graduation, so some of her belongings were going to be put in a storage facility in Boston to wait for her return after finishing up the semester at home in New Jersey. Harvard University decided to empty its dormitories (also known as Houses) as part of the public health response to rising COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the US and around the globe. Announced earlier in the week, all students needed to move out of their dorms by March 15 at 4pm, though students could appeal to be reassigned a dorm if they couldn't make other arrangements. For many seniors, this will likely be their last days on the campus. 

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Ryan Graff packs his belongings in an UberXL vehicle as students move out of the dorms in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sat., March 14, 2020. Graff is a senior in Mather House and he says he's used Uber to move in the past. "The toughest part is convincing the drive to let me use their car as a moving truck," he said. Graff would be moving his belongings to a family friend's house in the Boston suburbs and then waiting for his dad to pick him up with his sister (who was leaving her university in New York) to drive back to their home in Bloomington, Minnesota. Graff said it's the second time his family had made a similar journey, the first time after Sept. 11, 2001. Harvard University decided to empty its dormitories (also known as Houses) as part of the public health response to rising COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the US and around the globe. Announced earlier in the week, all students needed to move out of their dorms by March 15 at 4pm, though students could appeal to be reassigned a dorm if they couldn't make other arrangements. For many seniors, this will likely be their last days on the campus. 

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Senior Lucas Ward (right) drops off his roommate's belongings while Senior Chimaoge Ibenwuku drops off his own belongings at a UPS drop-off point during the Harvard moveout outside Winthrop House, one of Harvard University's dormitories, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sun., March 15, 2020. Ward lives in Elliot House and had already packed up his belongings. Ibenwuku also lives in Elliot House. Harvard University decided to empty its dormitories (also known as Houses) as part of the public health response to rising COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the US and around the globe. Announced earlier in the week, all students needed to move out of their dorms by March 15 at 4pm, though students could appeal to be reassigned a dorm if they couldn't make other arrangements. For many seniors, this will likely be their last days on the campus. 

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Slug: HarvardCoronaMoveout
People pack up students' belongings outside Harvard University's Kirkland House in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sat., March 14, 2020. Harvard University decided to empty its dormitories (also known as Houses) as part of the public health response to rising COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the US and around the globe. Announced earlier in the week, all students needed to move out of their dorms by March 15 at 4pm, though students could appeal to be reassigned a dorm if they couldn't make other arrangements. For many seniors, this will likely be their last days on the campus. 

Credit: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education
Slug: HarvardCoronaMoveout
A cardboard box is seen in a dorm window in Harvard University's Leverett House as students move out of their dorms in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sat., March 14, 2020. Harvard University decided to empty its dormitories (also known as Houses) as part of the public health response to rising COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the US and around the globe. Announced earlier in the week, all students needed to move out of their dorms by March 15 at 4pm, though students could appeal to be reassigned a dorm if they couldn't make other arrangements. For many seniors, this will likely be their last days on the campus. 

Credit: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education
Slug: HarvardCoronaMoveout
People move students' belongings out of Harvard University's Mather House as students move out of their dorms in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sat., March 14, 2020. Harvard University decided to empty its dormitories (also known as Houses) as part of the public health response to rising COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the US and around the globe. Announced earlier in the week, all students needed to move out of their dorms by March 15 at 4pm, though students could appeal to be reassigned a dorm if they couldn't make other arrangements. For many seniors, this will likely be their last days on the campus. 

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Graduate research stopped by pandemic quarantine orders

Sharon Cornelissen is a post-doctoral researcher in Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies who is conducting field research in Brockton, Massachusetts, on first-time homebuyers. Due to lockdown measures put in place by governments and her institution in response to the spreading Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Cornelissen cannot conduct her research and instead is working from her home, seen here, in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wed., March 18, 2020.

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Sharon Cornelissen is a post-doctoral researcher in Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies who is conducting field research in Brockton, Massachusetts, on first-time homebuyers. Due to lockdown measures put in place by governments and her institution in response to the spreading Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Cornelissen cannot conduct her research and instead is working from her home. She is seen here in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wed., March 18, 2020.

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A recorder used in field research by Sharon Cornelissen, field notes, and a book of Brockton history are seen in her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wed., March 18, 2020. Cornelissen is a post-doctoral researcher in Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies who is conducting field research in Brockton, Massachusetts, on first-time homebuyers. Due to lockdown measures put in place by governments and her institution in response to the spreading Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Cornelissen cannot conduct her research and instead is working from her home. 

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Slug: CoronaResearchStop
A book on the history of Brockton, Massachusetts, is seen in the home of Sharon Cornelissen in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wed., March 18, 2020. Cornelissen is a post-doctoral researcher in Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies who is conducting field research in Brockton, Massachusetts, on first-time homebuyers. Due to lockdown measures put in place by governments and her institution in response to the spreading Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Cornelissen cannot conduct her research and instead is working from her home. 

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Books stand on a bookshelf in the home of Sharon Cornelissen in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wed., March 18, 2020. Cornelissen is a post-doctoral researcher in Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies who is conducting field research in Brockton, Massachusetts, on first-time homebuyers. Due to lockdown measures put in place by governments and her institution in response to the spreading Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Cornelissen cannot conduct her research and instead is working from her home. 

Credit: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education
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Boston University faculty and students protest reopening plan

Gavin Benke, a Senior Lecturer at Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences Writing Program, holds a sign reading "Campus Health = Community Health" toward passing cars on Commonwealth Avenue as part of a demonstration by faculty, staff, students, and community members against Boston University's proposed re-opening plan for Fall 2020 in front of Boston University's Marsh Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thu., Aug. 13, 2020. Boston University has planned hybrid re-opening approach for the upcoming academic year at Boston University, in which instructors must be present in person for some classes but students can choose whether or not to attend in person or online. Benke said he was opposed to the re-opening plan because "It's clear to me that teaching completely online instead of the hybrid approach makes a lot more sense from a pedalogical point of view...All my classes are small seminars. Running a discussion where half are online and half are in the room is more complicated than all online."
Protest signs including ones reading "Campus Health = Community Health," "BU Protect Your Neighbors," and "BU De-Densify," are seen on the ground in the parking lot at Christian Herter Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thu., Aug. 13, 2020. Cars gathered in the parking lot before traveling to the Boston University Campus for the "Campus Health = Community Health" demonstration by faculty, staff, students, and community members, in opposition to the planned hybrid re-opening approach for the upcoming academic year at Boston University, in which instructors must be present in person for some classes but students can choose whether or not to attend in person or online.
Protest signs including ones reading "Protect all workers at BU" and "De-Densify BU Campus," are seen on the ground in the parking lot at Christian Herter Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thu., Aug. 13, 2020. Cars gathered in the parking lot before traveling to the Boston University Campus for the "Campus Health = Community Health" demonstration by faculty, staff, students, and community members, in opposition to the planned hybrid re-opening approach for the upcoming academic year at Boston University, in which instructors must be present in person for some classes but students can choose whether or not to attend in person or online.
Brandeis University grad student Kalee Hall holds a sign reading "Can't Teach If We're Dead!" as part of a demonstration by faculty, staff, students, and community members against Boston University's proposed re-opening plan for Fall 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thu., Aug. 13, 2020. Boston University has planned hybrid re-opening approach for the upcoming academic year at Boston University, in which instructors must be present in person for some classes but students can choose whether or not to attend in person or online. Hall has taught courses at Brandeis University before but is not teaching this fall, but wanted to join the protest to "support our fellow grad workers," she said.
Cars drive along Commonwealth Avenue as part of the "Campus Health = Community Health" demonstration by faculty, staff, students, and community members against Boston University's proposed re-opening plan for Fall 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thu., Aug. 13, 2020. Boston University has planned hybrid re-opening approach for the upcoming academic year at Boston University, in which instructors must be present in person for some classes but students can choose whether or not to attend in person or online.
Jon Shaffer (center), a Boston University PhD student in Sociology, and his partner Sarah Stockdale, a preschool teacher, join the protest as cars drive along Commonwealth Avenue as part of the "Campus Health = Community Health" demonstration by faculty, staff, students, and community members against Boston University's proposed re-opening plan for Fall 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thu., Aug. 13, 2020. Shaffer said, "I'm scheduled to report for duty on September 1st and BU is making me teach in person for reasons that have no pedalogical value...[they're doing it for] purely financial reasons. Boston University has planned hybrid re-opening approach for the upcoming academic year at Boston University, in which instructors must be present in person for some classes but students can choose whether or not to attend in person or online.
Brandeis PhD student Rachel Dale holds a sign reading "Campus Health = Community Health" as part of a demonstration by faculty, staff, students, and community members against Boston University's proposed re-opening plan for Fall 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thu., Aug. 13, 2020. Boston University has planned hybrid re-opening approach for the upcoming academic year at Boston University, in which instructors must be present in person for some classes but students can choose whether or not to attend in person or online.

Portraits of college professor teaching from home

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JUN. 12, 2020. Laura Tilghman is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Plymouth State University, seen here in woods overlooking the Contoocook River behind her home in Concord, New Hampshire, on Fri., June 12, 2020. From her university bio page, Tilghman "is a cultural anthropologist with interests in human migration, economic livelihoods, health, and food security," especially in Madagascar. She has been teaching entirely online since about March 13, 2020, due to stay-at-home orders and university policy during the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. 

CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education

SLUG: Supiano-PandemicTeaching
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JUN. 12, 2020. Laura Tilghman is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Plymouth State University, seen here outside her home in Concord, New Hampshire, on Fri., June 12, 2020. She is seen here with her daughter June Tilmazana, 4. From her university bio page, Tilghman "is a cultural anthropologist with interests in human migration, economic livelihoods, health, and food security," especially in Madagascar. She has been teaching entirely online since about March 13, 2020, due to stay-at-home orders and university policy during the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. Throughout this period, daughter June has been home full-time due to daycare/preschool closures, so Tilghman has had to juggle care for her daughter with her normal workload. 

CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education

SLUG: Supiano-PandemicTeaching
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JUN. 12, 2020. Laura Tilghman is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Plymouth State University, seen here outside her home in Concord, New Hampshire, on Fri., June 12, 2020. From her university bio page, Tilghman "is a cultural anthropologist with interests in human migration, economic livelihoods, health, and food security," especially in Madagascar. She has been teaching entirely online since about March 13, 2020, due to stay-at-home orders and university policy during the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. 

CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education

SLUG: Supiano-PandemicTeaching
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