Cole Phillips Report
COVID-19-Related School Closings: USA and Europe - A Contribution to the Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic Responses (Fall 2020)
What the student said:
Through my experience in the Illinois in Vienna internship program, and the close mentorship provided through it, I was able to better understand the multi-faceted challenge that the COVID-19 pandemic poses, as well as the associated issues with our means of addressing it. Thanks to my mentor encouraging me to further explore the range of impacts associated with the closures and reopenings of schools worldwide, I was able to see the crisis through lenses I otherwise never would have considered during my research.
IiVP Alumnus Cole Phillips
(Economics)
What the mentor said:
Covid-19 is certainly the topic of 2020. As a Family Nurse Practitioner working in a school in Vienna, I was curious about the impact the closure of schools due to Coronavirus had on students. Cole matched my curiosity with an enthusiasm to explore almost every facet of school closure and re-opening. His final paper can serve as a springboard for any number of further, in-depth probes into psycho-social and socio-economic research into this same question for years to come. I enjoyed my role as mentor to help guide his discovery and evaluation of public health decisions in real-time.
Renée McCormack, Family Nurse Practitioner (American International School)
What we say:
Congratulations to Cole Phillips on completing this highly relevant IiVP Virtual Project in this extra-ordinary Fall of 2020!
Thank you Renée McCormack for her committed mentorship-work and for making cultural exchange and this socio-economic research reality.