COVID-19

J. Michael Ryan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He has previously held academic positions in Portugal, Egypt, Ecuador, and the United States of America. Before returning to academia, Dr. Ryan worked as a research methodologist at the National Center for Health Statistics in Washington, D.C. He is the editor of Trans Lives in a Globalizing World: Rights, identities, and politics (2020) and Core Concepts in Sociology (2019).

"As the world is caught up in a whirlwind of multiple crises- health, social, ecological, political, this is one of the first books that invite us to think creatively and analytically about COVID-19. A cutting-edge and comprehensive overview on the challenges we are facing. One can draw the conclusion that it is essential to incorporate a sociological view on health and illness when this pandemic sits where natural and cultural realities intersect. It is not about medical sociology but sociology tout court. These two volumes are compelling, timely and powerfully intelligent reading as books (and textbooks)." - Dr. Sari Hanafi, President, International Sociological Association

• Volume I: Global pandemic, societal responses, ideological solutionsTimeline of COVID-19J. Michael Ryan1. Introduction: COVID-19: Global pandemic, societal responses, ideological solutionsJ. Michael Ryan2. The SARS Cov-2 Virus and the COVID-19 PandemicJ. Michael RyanPART I: ETHICS AND IDEOLOGIES3. McDonaldization in the Age of COVID-19George Ritzer4. Theocidies of the COVID-19 CatastropheBryan S. Turner5. Necroethics in the Time of COVID-19 and Black Lives MatterScott Schaffer6. Ecology, Democracy, and COVID-19: Rereading and Radicalizing Karl PolanyiEren Duzgun7. Heterotopia in Melanesia: Reactions to COVID-19 in Papua New GuineaDavid Troolin8. The Blessings of COVID-19 for Neoliberalism, Nationalism, and Neoconservative IdeologiesJ. Michael Ryan9. The Rise of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Decline of Global CitizenshipAtefeh RamsariPART II: EXACERBATING INEQUALITIES10. Inequalities and COVID-19Serena Nanda11. Spotlighting Hidden Inequalities: Post-secondary education in a pandemicStacy L. Smith, Adam G. Sanford, Dinur Blum12. Business as Usual: Poverty, education, and economic life amidst the pandemicRyan Parsons13. Inflection Points: The intersection of COVID-19, climate change, and systemic racismJill Betz BloomPART III: CHANGING SOCIAL UNDERSTANDINGS IN RESPOSE TO CRISIS14. Blowing Bubbles: COVID-19, New Zealand’s bubble metaphor, and the limits of households as sites of responsibility and careSusanna Trnka and Sharyn Graham Davies15. Making the Invisible Visible: Viral cloud moments in the SARS COV-2 pandemicJoseph A. Astorino and Anthony V. Nicola16. Treating Loneliness in the Aftermath of a Pandemic: Threat or Opportunity?Kelly Rhea MacArthur17. Managing Trauma Exposure and Developing Resilience in the Midst of COVID-19Johanna Soet Buzolits, Ann Abbey, Kate Kittredge, and Ann E.C. Smith18. The Costs of Care: A content analysis of female nurses’ media visibility and voices in the United States, China, and India during the COVID-19 pandemicMari A. DeWees and Amy C. Miller19. COVID-19, the Pand(m)emic: Social media explorations from the Arab WorldNoha Fikry, Nada M. Ahmed, Malin E. Almeland-Grøhn, Laila ElKoussy, Mostafa A. ElSharkawy, Farah Seifeldin, and Ahmed Ashraf YounisVolume II: Social consequences and cultural adaptionsTimeline of COVID-19J. Michael Ryan1. Introduction: COVID-19: Social consequences and cultural adaptationsJ. Michael Ryan2. The SARS CoV-2 Virus and the COVID-19 PandemicJ. Michael RyanPART I: INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES3. Rethinking What We Value: Pandemic teaching and the art of letting goDeborah J. Cohan4. Disruption and Difficulty: Student and faculty perceptions of the transition to online instruction in the COVID-19 pandemicLee Millar Bidwell, Scott T. Grether, JoEllen Pederson5. Seeking Stability in Unstable Times: COVID-19 and the bureaucratic mindsetAdam G. Sanford, Dinur Blum, Stacy L. Smith6. The Solution is the Problem: What a pandemic can reveal about policingJodie Dewey7. Housing as Healthcare: Mitigations of homelessness during a pandemicKristen Desjarlais-deKlerk8. COVID-19 and Reproductive Injustice: The implications of birthing restrictions during a pandemicNazneen Kane9. When Sports Stood Still: Covid-19 and the lost seasonDonna J. Barbie, John C. Lamothe, and Steven MasterPART II: COMMUNAL CONSEQUENCES AND CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS10. The Political Nightmare of the Plague: The ironic resistance of anti-quarantine protestorsJames K. Meeker11. Toxic Wild West Syndrome: Individual rights vs. community needsDinur Blum, Adam G. Sanford, Stacy L. Smith12. Innovation Diffusion, Social Capital, and Mask Mobilization: Culture change during the COVID-19 pandemicHeather L. Mello13. Changing Times: New sources of parenting stress and the shifting meanings of time with and for childrenMelissa A. Milkie14. Sites of Silence: Deaf online communication in the time of CoronaMarilyn Plumlee15. People’s Experiences and Attitudes During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States of and PolandMagdalena Szaflarski16. Performing Precarity in Times of Uncertainty: The implications of COVID-19 on artists in MaltaValerie Visanich and Toni AttardPART III: UNVEILING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES17. Anti-Asian Racism, Responses, and the Impact on Asian-Americans’ Lives: A social-ecological perspectivePamela P. Chiang18. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minority PeopleMatthew D. Skinta, Angela H. Sun, and Daniel M. Ryu19. Virus, Violence, and Vitriol: The tale of COVID-19Monita H. Mungo20. High Risk or Low Worth? A few practical and philosophical issues surrounding the isolation of high-risk senior womenLynnette Porter