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        COVID Studies

        A Reader

        Edited by Scott Gabriel Knowles, Alexa Dietrich and Rodrigo Ugarte

        Contributions by Joie Acosta, George Aumoithe, Tanya Buhler Corbin, Anirban Kapil Baishya, Jih-Fei Cheng, Moon Choi, Vivian Choi, Nishaant Choksi, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Sukanya Deogam, Kim Fortun, Alice Fothergill, Danya Glabau, Monica H. Green, Dolly Jørgensen, Dani Joslyn, Christine Keeves, Hyunah Keum, Christos Lynteris, Rachel Margolis, Katherine A. Mason, Tyesha Maddox, Luke J. Matthews, Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Samantha Montano, Courtney Page-Tan, Hyeonbin Park, Lori Peek, Elisa Perego, Rashawn Ray, Kalpesh Rathwa, Monica Sanders, Amanda Savitt, Sarah Senk, Robert Soden, Jacob Steere-Williams, Cécile Stephanie Stehrenberger, Kathleen Tierney, Kristin Urquiza, Ashton M. Verdery, Carlos Villegas, Haowei Wang, Jacqueline Wernimont, Sarah S. Willen, Heather M. Wurtz, Myungji Yang and Carl A. Zimring

        University of Pennsylvania Press Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster

        400 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 in, 13 b/w illustrations, 2 charts

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        • Published: July 2026

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        Scott Gabriel Knowles is Endowed Chair Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). He is also founding coeditor of the Journal of Disaster Studies.

        Alexa S. Dietrich is an interdisciplinary environmental health scientist, trained in anthropology and epidemiology. She is the author of The Drug Company Next Door: Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico.

        Rodrigo Ugarte is Editor at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), currently overseeing the Just Tech program’s online platform. He edited an earlier version of this collection of pieces, which were published in the SSRC’s online publication Items: Insights from the Social Sciences.

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