Compass: International Profile | Pandemic Edition (Spring 2021)

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FACULTY & STAFF: PANDEMIC STORIES

From left: Advisors Tracy Holloway, Malin Collins, Katie Watkins

ADVISING IN A PANDEMIC BY CIS ADVISING STAFF We’re all planners and organizers by nature.

We've also loved meeting everyone’s wonderful

That’s why we like advising. The job allows us

families and pets. It goes both ways. Our students

each to keep track of around 200 students and

have seen our homes, our families and our pets as

their plans. The pandemic certainly disrupted

well. We hope to incorporate a mix of traditional

everyone’s plans! We had to pivot from our

in-person and more flexible virtual appointments

prepared natures to being much more flexible.

when we are back on campus so that students can

Thankfully, it has worked. We now meet with all

choose which format works best for them. Our

of our students via Zoom, which has become

hope is that this flexibility will allow students with

second nature. Although we miss our students,

additional responsibilities, such as part- or full-

Zoom advising does have its benefits. For

time jobs and family commitments, to have more

example, we've been able to meet virtually with

access to their advisors, and to increase the

students outside traditional 8 a.m.-5 p.m. office

communication between students and our office.

hours.

FACULTY RESEARCH NEWS In spite of the pandemic, members of the College of International Studies have been able to continue contributing to their fields through research, publications and presentations. In addition to the achievements and published books on the following page, faculty have published journal articles in Human Rights Quarterly, Global Governance, Journal of Law and Society, Ethics & International Affairs, International Journal of Islam in Asia, Energy Research & Social Science, Foreign Affairs, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, chapters in books published by Oxford University Press and by I.B. Tauris, and opinion and analysis pieces in The Conversation, The Guardian and Al Jazeera. (Continued on page 20) WWW.OU.EDU/CIS • SPRING 2021 • COMPASS: PANDEMIC EDITION

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