‘Do No Harm’: The Coronavirus Crisis Calls for Compassion, Say Faculty Members Sharing Advice

Scattered from their campuses, self-isolating faculty members are connecting and instructing from their kitchens and living rooms. We caught up with 10 of them to ask, “What’s the best piece of advice or perspective you’ve gotten?” The Chronicle recorded video interviews with professors and administrators to hear what advice has resonated the most.

The interviewees are, in order of appearance:

• Thom D. Chesney, president, Clarke University (Iowa)

• Debbie Davis, assistant professor of practice, public relations, Texas Tech University

• Krishna Pakala, assistant professor, department of mechanical and biomedical engineering, Boise State University

• Scott Dust, assistant professor, management, Miami University (Ohio)

• Mary Beth Yount, associate professor, theological studies, Neumann University

• Tim West, professor of practice, accounting, Tulane University

• Manjeet Rege, director, Center for Applied AI, associate professor, School of Engineering, University of Saint Thomas (Minn.)

• Charles N. Davis, dean, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia

• Kimberly J. Sharp, dean, School of Nursing, Mississippi College

• Rehva D. Jones, director, business programs, Trinity Washington University