ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Collectively, we wish to thank Lori Peek, professor of sociology and director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder. From the outset, Lori has shown an extraordinary confidence in this project and an abiding commitment to ensure that it reaches the widest audience possible. To that end, she used her research funds to support the open access publication of the book. On behalf of everyone associated with this project, thanks Lori!

Alexa S. Dietrich: I’m so grateful to my coeditors and contributors, those whose work appears in this volume, and to all those whose work was part of the original online series. My thanks goes also to all my colleagues from SSRC who were part of the larger COVID response effort—our collective work carries so much shared knowledge that can still have an impact if we are open to it. Thanks to Penn Press for the ongoing support and care for the project. To my family, our own COVID story has been a hard one, and I’m grateful we’re still here. And thanks also to Kate, who helps keep me stepping into a better future.

Scott Gabriel Knowles: I wish to thank Eleanor Mayes, Shivani Patel, and Bucky Stanton for their dedication to the COVIDCalls project (and the many, many others who devoted their time and creativity) through which I first met so many of the authors published in this volume. Additionally, I sincerely thank my coeditors for their brilliance and patience as we worked toward this goal. Bob Lockhart at Penn Press, once again, proved himself better than gold. Finally, thanks to my family of travelers without whom nothing is possible.

Rodrigo Ugarte: I wish to thank Ron Kassimir for his leadership at the SSRC during the pandemic, in particular with the COVID-19 and the Social Sciences project and essay series he helped steward. I also want to warmly thank my coeditors for asking me to collaborate with them on this volume and trusting me throughout the process. Finally, I would like to thank my family who have been alongside me throughout my career.