Women, parents and early-career faculty in ecology most impacted by COVID‐19 15 Dec, 2020
Mom teaches daughter for work on laptop. Photo: shixart1985 is licensed with CC BY 2.0.
In April 2020, Lise Aubry learned that the daycare her children attended in Fort Collins would be closed for several weeks. Aubry, an assistant professor in the Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Department at Colorado State University, and her husband, Professor Dave Koons, began to juggle childcare at home for their two kids – ages 4 months and 4 years old – and work responsibilities.
Aubry said she was happy after a successful day early on of balancing these duties, having completed at least six hours of work.
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In April 2020, Lise Aubry learned that the daycare her children attended in Fort Collins would be closed for several weeks. Aubry, an assistant professor in the Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Department at Colorado State University, and her husband, Professor Dave Koons, began to juggle childcare at home for their two kids - ages 4 months and 4 years old - and work responsibilities.
Aubry said she was happy after a successful day early on of balancing these duties, having completed at least six hours of work. Reflecting on the day, I felt pretty good, said Aubry, also an instructor for the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at CSU. But I realized there might be other people - single parents, young faculty starting out - in the university setting who were really struggling.