Disaster Pedagogy for Higher Education serves as an all-purpose, contextually grounded, and multi-modal introduction to teaching in higher education during times of crisis and disaster. The text covers a wide variety of topics such as classroom pedagogy, emergency management, and study abroad, from a variety of contributors including professors, administrators, adjunct faculty, and students. It is organized into the three sections: Research and Criticism, which contains three essays that highlight original research and scholarly critique of topics related to higher education during disaster; Explorations and Examinations, consisting of five essays that focus on best practices of a specific aspect of higher education during disaster; and Personal and Professional Reflections, made up of six essays that provide a more personal look into how disasters have impacted faculty, administration, and students in the academy.

Victor Malo-Juvera is Professor of English Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he teaches courses in writing for secondary teachers, young adult literature, and mythology. His research focuses on young adult literature and culturally responsive instruction.

Nicholas Laudadio is Associate Professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he teaches classes in science fiction, horror, popular culture, and literary and critical theory. His research explores the cultural history of music and musical instruments with a particular focus on electronic music and science fiction in the 20th century.

INTRODUCTION

Nicholas Laudadio and Victor Malo-Juvera

Research and Criticism

CHAPTER 1

Give Me Liberty or Give Me a Mask: Pandemic Anti-Masking as Anti-Science Discourse

Addie Sayers

CHAPTER 2

Education in Times of Crises: The Ontological Imperative in Considering the Role of Technology Adoption in Remote Educational Settings

Hannah R. Gerber

CHAPTER 3

From Meteorological Uncertainty to Missing Muffins: How University Emergency Managers Manage Uncertainty as a Hurricane Response Strategy

Ian R. Weaver

Explorations and Examinations

CHAPTER 4

Nimble Pedagogies for A Liquid Time: Disruption, Accommodation, Collaboration, Reinvention, and Compromise

Diana Ashe and Colleen Reilly

CHAPTER 5

Studying Abroad During a Time of Disaster: An Exploration of Pitfalls, Pivots, and Possibilities for the Future

Kara Pike Inman, Nicole Desjardins Gowdy, and Jason Kinnear

CHAPTER 6

Thinking Through Disasters: Critical Analysis and Research in College Composition Courses

Melissa Sexton

CHAPTER 7

How Do You Learn to Teach When You Cant Go to School? Teaching Teachers in the Age of Virtual Living

Alice Hays, Jouselin Martin, Alexandra Chapa-Kunz, and Wade Branch

CHAPTER 8

Trauma and Its Lasting Effects after School Shootings; Psychological Considerations for Faculty, Staff, and Students

Anka Roberto

Personal& Professional Reflections

CHAPTER 9

Chairing in the Pandemicene: Coronavirus, George Floyd, and the Year of Living Dangerously

Tiffany Gilbert

CHAPTER 10

New Literacies, Empathy and Advocacy - Reconstructing a Pedagogy in Pandemic Times

Suriati Abas

CHAPTER 11

In a Crisis, Stories Need to be HeardChanging the Digital Landscape to Include Narratives

Kevin D. Cordi

CHAPTER 12

Community is Always the Answer: Columbus State Community College, Compassion, and Care

Barbara Allen

CHAPTER 13

Holdfast: An Education in Disaster

Andy Tolhurst

CHAPTER 14

A Resident Assistants Reflections on the Pandemic

Kayli Childs

ABOUT THE EDITORS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX