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3. COVID-19 Stories: Buck, Brenda (43:59)

Date:
2020-08-11
Main contributors:
Buck, Brenda
Summary:
Tyler Davis interviews Brenda Buck, a custodian at Indiana University South Bend and officer in AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) Council 962. This oral history was conducted through COVID-19 Stories, an oral history project seeking to document the experiences of members of the Indiana University South Bend community and residents of the River Park neighborhood (where the majority of the IU South Bend campus is located). Oral history narrators were asked to talk about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in the spring of 2020, including the pandemic's impact on their home and work lives. They were also welcome to talk about their relationship to social and racial justice protest movements in the wake of the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

4. COVID-19 Stories: Cwidak, Claire (1:08:00)

Date:
2020-08-11
Main contributors:
Cwidak, Claire
Summary:
Rachel and Zach Schrank interview Claire Cwidak, an undergraduate student in the School of Nursing at Indiana University South Bend and Patient Care Assistant at Memorial Hospital (South Bend) working with patients with COVID-19. This oral history was conducted through COVID-19 Stories, an oral history project seeking to document the experiences of members of the Indiana University South Bend community and residents of the River Park neighborhood (where the majority of the IU South Bend campus is located). Oral history narrators were asked to talk about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in the spring of 2020, including the pandemic's impact on their home and work lives. They were also welcome to talk about their relationship to social and racial justice protest movements in the wake of the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

5. COVID-19 Stories: Davis, Hope (48:45)

Date:
2020-08-07
Main contributors:
Davis, Hope
Summary:
Scott Shoger interviews Hope Smith Davis, the Dean of the School of Education and Associate Professor of Secondary Education/Reading & Literacy at Indiana University South Bend. The following information was excerpted from Davis's bio on the IU South Bend website: "Dr. Davis earned her doctorate in P-16 Literacy from the University of Cincinnati in 2009, where she also coordinated online certification and licensure programs in postsecondary literacy instruction and special education, and served as Visiting Assistant Professor in Special Education/Literacy. Prior to her appointment as dean, Dr. Davis served as the interim dean from 2017-2019, and was the chairperson for the departments of Teacher Education, Elementary Education, and Secondary & Foundations of Education from 2014-2017. She has also served as the program coordinator for Special Education. Her administrative work has focused on programmatic assessment for evaluation and accreditation, and collaborative community outreach. Dr. Davis' teaching and research interests include assessment practices, literacy instruction, and the role metaphoric language plays in participant conceptualizations of the complex ideas surrounding K-16 instruction. Formerly a high school English/Language Arts teacher, Dr. Davis also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and English/Journalism from Miami University (Oxford, OH), and a Master’s degree in Secondary Education from Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)." This oral history was conducted through COVID-19 Stories, an oral history project seeking to document the experiences of members of the Indiana University South Bend community and residents of the River Park neighborhood (where the majority of the IU South Bend campus is located). Oral history narrators were asked to talk about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in the spring of 2020, including the pandemic's impact on their home and work lives. They were also welcome to talk about their relationship to social and racial justice protest movements in the wake of the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

6. COVID-19 Stories: Haithcox, Susan (53:32)

Date:
2020-08-07
Main contributors:
Haithcox, Susan
Summary:
Zach and Rachel Schrank interview Susan Haithcox, an Assistant Clinical Professor with the Vera Z. Dwyer College School of Nursing at Indiana University South Bend. The following information was excerpted from Haithcox's bio on the IU South Bend website: "Haithcox completed her Masters of Science in Nursing with a focus on education. Her teaching interests include Fundamentals in Nursing, Alterations in Health Clinical, and Lab. She strives to provide skills to students which allow them to provide holistic nursing care to the adult population." This oral history was conducted through COVID-19 Stories, an oral history project seeking to document the experiences of members of the Indiana University South Bend community and residents of the River Park neighborhood (where the majority of the IU South Bend campus is located). Oral history narrators were asked to talk about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in the spring of 2020, including the pandemic's impact on their home and work lives. They were also welcome to talk about their relationship to social and racial justice protest movements in the wake of the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

7. COVID-19 Stories: Kennedy, Maureen (56:15)

Date:
2020-08-11
Main contributors:
Kennedy, Maureen
Summary:
Catherine Behan interviews Maureen Kennedy, Interlibrary Loan Supervisor at the Schurz Library at Indiana University South Bend. This oral history was conducted through COVID-19 Stories, an oral history project seeking to document the experiences of members of the Indiana University South Bend community and residents of the River Park neighborhood (where the majority of the IU South Bend campus is located). Oral history narrators were asked to talk about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in the spring of 2020, including the pandemic's impact on their home and work lives. They were also welcome to talk about their relationship to social and racial justice protest movements in the wake of the death of George Floyd in May 2020.