Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, 1474 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523-1474, USA.
Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, 2545 Research Blvd, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526, USA.
Ecol Appl. 2021 Mar;31(2):e2265. doi: 10.1002/eap.2265. Epub 2021 Jan 21.
We surveyed ecologists and evolutionary biologists in American universities to understand how they are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Female respondents, assistant professors, and those who care for at least one child or teenager, were significantly more dissatisfied with their work-life balance during this pandemic than others, and further expected these negative impacts to be long lived. Online teaching support, relaxed expectations on publications, the possibility of pausing the tenure clock, and an acknowledgment of "no business as usual" by administrators were thought to be effective policies in mitigating these negative impacts. This survey serves as a manifesto to what our professional community is currently experiencing, and should be used to inform academic policies directed at improving faculty productivity and welfare.
我们调查了美国大学的生态学家和进化生物学家，以了解他们如何应对 COVID-19 大流行。与其他人相比，女性受访者、助理教授以及至少照顾一个孩子或青少年的人，在这次大流行期间对工作与生活的平衡明显更不满意，并且预计这些负面影响将持续很长时间。在线教学支持、放宽出版物的预期、暂停终身教职的可能性，以及管理者对“非往常业务”的认可，被认为是减轻这些负面影响的有效政策。本调查旨在展示我们专业社区目前的现状，并应将其用于为提高教师生产力和福利而制定学术政策提供信息。
