We really don't yet know what kind of impact COVID is going to have on research trajectories and in what ways that impact will be differential (though I have some obvious hypotheses). COVID will cast a years-long shadow over tenure/promotion decisions. 1/5 https://twitter.com/jenniferdoleac/status/1275598728515203077

Junior folk: no one cares more about your tenure case than you do. It would be ideal for every institution to have a system to keep track of things, but all systems have gaps. 2/5

So if you haven't already done this, today is the day to start logging specific info for your COVID-19 impact statement. Keep records of all the ways COVID-19 has added to your workload, cut into your time, derailed your research, complicated your teaching, 3/5

and added to your service burden. And yes, things like having to homeschool your kids should be in there. Further, if you've been doing additional service this summer in response to the BLM uprisings, keep track of that in very specific terms as well. 4/5

And on that note: public appearances/scholarship are visible. The solo prep time for this is invisible. The networking is invisible. You need to render it visible. /fin