Shame: How the Coronavirus Response Failed America's Heartland
Project Description
"Shame: How the Coronavirus Response Failed America's Heartland" describes what happened in a rural Midwestern town when national and state policy failed to address public health measures in America's coronavirus crisis. The book chronicles a local public health effort during the summer of 2020, while coronavirus spiked and masks became political. It is a political and social commentary about political division and social conflict amidst one of America's most divisive periods in history through a national crisis.
Translational Perspective
The work deconstructs what happened when policy failed; hopefully, policy will not fail so drastically again, in the next global pandemic.
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Contact Infomation: First name
Emily
Contact Information: Last name
Mendenhall
Contact Information: Position title
Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor
Contact Information: Institutional affiliation
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Contact Information: Email address
em1061 [at] georgetown.edu
Project Website - Formatted
City/State/Country
Washington, D.C., USA