Viruses don’t Discriminate: COVID and Inequality | COVID-19 in Context | UMW

COVID-19 in Context is an eight-week online summer course starting June 1 that is open to UMW students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the broader community.

Every Monday and Wednesday at 4 p.m., faculty from various disciplines will broadcast a 30-minute lecture followed by an interactive Q&A session. Each session will look at a different aspect of the COVID-19 crisis. And it all takes place remotely, delivered to your phone, tablet, or computer via Zoom. All you need is internet access.

Viruses Don’t Discriminate: How Covid-19 is Exposing and Intensifying Multiple Dimensions of Inequality

The corona virus doesn’t seem to care what you look like, where you are from, or where you live. Boris Johnson and Tom Hanks, along with 3.5 million other people in cities, towns, and remote villages around the world, have contracted it. But when we ask questions like who gets tested, who can safely shelter-in-place, who gets appropriate medical attention, and who can go outside without the stigma of being a virus carrier, we see that the pandemic exposes, and in some cases, intensifies, existing inequalities. Here, faculty with expertise on various populations in the U.S., Asia, and South America consider how social, political, and economic status influence how COVID-19 is experienced.

Presenters: Dr. Laura Mentore, Associate Professor of Anthropology; Dr. Nora Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology; Dr. Bridget Brew, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Dr. John Broome, Associate Professor of Education
Learn more about our COVID-19 in Context course ➡️ www.umw.edu/covidcourse