Dear Duke Faculty,
As we all work to navigate the professional and personal challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis and how to continue to support students, staff and each other, the Office for Faculty Advancement has set up this page for Duke faculty to find resources, support and community. We welcome your feedback and suggestions on how best we can support you.
Regards,
Abbas Benmamoun, Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Featured resource: Personal Well-Being. As we navigate the challenges associated with the pandemic, it remains particularly important to take care of our own emotional health. Kimberly Blackshear, Director of the Office of Student Returns and former Personal Assistance Services (PAS) Counselor, discusses the different dimensions of well-being and offers suggestions for maintaining well-being. Watch the video clips, and use our suggestion box to submit questions. Also see FAQs and watch a related video, How Can Faculty Help Promote Well-Being in the Duke Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Duke’s Response to COVID-19
- Duke University: Announcements and information for faculty, students, and staff
- Duke University: Updates for faculty
- Duke University: COVID-19 relief funds
- Duke University: Student assistance fund
- Duke Faculty Advancement: COVID-19: Tips and resources for Duke faculty
- Duke Faculty Advancement: COVID-19: Faculty Advancement programs and resources for spring and summer 2020
Teaching and Engaging Students Remotely
- Duke University: Teaching tips
- Duke Faculty Advancement: Best practices for teaching, mentoring and engaging students
- Duke Faculty Advancement: Reflections on faculty supporting students during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
- Duke University: FAQs
- Duke University: Securing Zoom meetings
- Duke Muser: Database for posting remote research opportunities for students
Conducting Research and Work Remotely
- Duke University: Tips for working remotely
- Duke Today: How to get started working remotely
- Duke University: FAQs
- Duke University: Information on conducting research
- Harvard Business Review: Adjusting to remote work during the coronavirus crisis
- Duke University: MyResearchHome (log in to access a form for investigators to register COVID-related projects and a list of funding opportunities)
- Duke Learning & Organization Development: Leading virtual teams
Wellness and Personal Support
- Duke Faculty Advancement: Four tips for rebuilding relationships after COVID
- Duke Faculty Advancement: Personal well-being
- Duke Faculty Advancement: How can faculty help promote well-being in the Duke community during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Duke Faculty Advancement: Remaining #DUSONStrong during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Duke Faculty Advancement: Building and retaining a sense of community during COVID-19
- Duke Personal Assistance Service (PAS): Online counseling services
- Duke Human Resources: Summary of behavioral health benefits (begins on page 35)
- DukeReach: How to help students in distress
- Kimberly Blackshear: Secondary traumatic stress
- Duke University: Wellness techniques recommended by Duke experts
- Duke Learning & Organization Development: Free webinars (Thriving through Change in Times of Uncertainty; Best Practices in Managing a Virtual Team; Communication in Times of Crisis; Don’t Tell Me to Calm Down: Leading in Times of Stress)
- Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership & Social Innovation: The COVID-19 DEI crisis action strategy guide: Recommendations to drive inclusive excellence
- Duke University: International House
- Duke Today: How to maintain your emotional well-being using virtual resources
- Duke Global: How to cope with coronavirus stress
- Duke University Press: Care in uncertain times syllabus
- Duke University Press: Navigating the threat of pandemic syllabus
- Duke University: Well-being support
- Duke School of Medicine: Our well-being
- Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality: Guided meditations
- Duke Human Resources: “Energize Your Work Day” program
- Psychology Tools: Free guide to living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty
- Harvard Business Review: That discomfort you’re feeling is grief
- Harvard Business Review: Managing the stress and uncertainty of coronavirus
- Inside Higher Ed: Coping with a pandemic
- NIH: Supporting yourself and your trainees during the coronavirus pandemic (Enter your name and email address in the form, and click register; a video of the workshop will appear on your screen)
Mental Health
- Mental Health First Aid: How to #BeTheDifference for people with mental health concerns during COVID-19
- National Alliance on Mental Illness: Family members and caregivers
- Duke University: Blue Devils Care (24/7 mental telehealth support for Duke students)
Domestic Violence
Career Support and Advice
- National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
- Inside Higher Ed: Advice for faculty members in a turbulent time
- Harvard Business Review: How dual-career couples can work through the coronavirus crisis
Arts and Culture
- Duke University: John Brown, JD, Professor of the Practice of Music: Quiet time
- CNN: All the virtual concerts, plays, museums and other culture you can enjoy from home
- Metropolitan Opera: Nightly Met Opera streams
- NPR: A list of live virtual concerts to watch during the coronavirus shutdown
How You Can Help
- Duke Office of Durham and Community Affairs: How to help in the community
- Duke University Health System: How to donate supplies
- City of Durham: COVID-19 updates and resources
Other Resources
Duke has a subscription for the Chronicle of Higher Education. VPN access may be required, including log-in and password to access these articles:
- 10 tips to support students in a stressful shift to online learning
- Moving online now: how to keep teaching during coronavirus (article collection)
- How to help struggling students succeed online
- How to recover the joy of teaching after an online pivot
- How faculty members can support students in traumatic times (article collection)
- As Covid-19 erases line between work and home, professors learn to teach remotely while watching their kids
- ‘Do no harm’: the coronavirus crisis calls for compassion, say faculty members sharing advice