Humanities in the Time of COVID-19: Fostering Community Dialogue

FAIN: AH-274885-20

Misericordia University (Dallas, PA 18612-7752)
Heidi Lynn Kennedy Manning (Project Director: May 2020 to May 2024)

Salaries for four furloughed employees, stipends for faculty to develop online instructional material, and the purchase of equipment for online instruction.

Misericordia University will foster discourse regarding the pandemic and its impact on local, national, and global societies from the perspective of the humanities by reinstating four furloughed staff and developing new initiatives that further public conversations about the necessity of the humanities regarding health and society. Additionally, the grant will strengthen online teaching within the humanities as we prepare for the unknowns of the upcoming academic year. Funding will also support dialog with the broader community though online lectures by faculty and a podcast hosted by the Medical and Health Humanities program. Finally, the grant will support the development of Continuing Medical Education courses that are informed by humanities’ perspectives and ways of knowing.