Journal entries from our PJP community are already helping illuminate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the everyday lives of people around the world.

Below is a growing list of research publications produced using data from the growing PJP archive. If you need help accessing an article, email us at pandemicjournalingproject@gmail.com to request a PDF.

SPECIAL ISSUES

1. "Journaling and Mental Health During COVID-19: Insights from the Pandemic Journaling Project." 2022. Social Science & Medicine-Mental Health. Guest editors: Katherine A. Mason, Sarah S. Willen, & Heather M. Wurtz.

• Wurtz, Heather M., Sarah S. Willen, and Katherine A. Mason. 2022. “Introduction: Journaling and Mental Health during COVID-19: Insights from the Pandemic Journaling Project.” SSM - Mental Health. 2: 100141.
• Larotonda, Alice & Katherine A. Mason. 2022. "New life, new feelings of loss: Journaling new motherhood during Covid-19." SSM - Mental Health. 2: 100120.
• Kalinowski Jolaade, Madeline Baird, Heather M. Wurtz, Sarah S. Willen. 2022. "Shouldering the load yet again: Black women’s experiences of stress during COVID-19." SSM - Mental Health. 2: 100140.
• Ansari, David. 2022. "An Accumulation of Distress: Grief, Loss, and Isolation among Healthcare Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic." SSM - Mental Health. 2: 100146.
• Baines, Kristina. 2022. “'It’s normal to admit you’re not okay': New York City college students shaping mental health through journaling." SSM - Mental Health 2, 100119.
• Parson, Nia, Heather M. Wurtz, Megan Lowry, C. Santos. 2022. "'Life will go on with the beauty of the roses”: The moral dimensions of coping With distress through autobiographical writing during Covid-19." SSM - Mental Health 2, 100156.
• Parsons, Michelle. A., 2022. “'I miss my friends, but I also miss strangers': Pandemic loneliness and the importance of place and practice." SSM - Mental Health 2, 100121.
• Willen, Sarah S., 2022. “'Languishing' in critical perspective: Roots and routes of a traveling concept in COVID-19 times." SSM - Mental Health 2, 100128.

2. "Student Experiences of Covid-19 around the Globe: Insights from the Pandemic Journaling Project." (2024) Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. Guest editors: Heather M. Wurtz, Sarah S. Willen, & Katherine A. Mason.

• Wurtz, Heather M., Sarah S. Willen, and Katherine A. Mason. (2024) “Introduction: Student Experiences of Covid-19 around the Globe: Insights from the Pandemic Journaling Project.” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-024-09848-6. 

Peer-reviewed articles

• Flores, Andrea and Katherine A. Mason. (2023) “'You would think she would hug me': Micropractices of Care between First-generation College Students and their Parents during Covid-19.” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-023-09833-5.
• Mason, Katherine A. and Jianmei Xie (2024) “Seesaw Precarity: Journaling Anxious Hope on a Chinese University Campus During COVID-19.” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-024-09846-8.
• Willen, Sarah S., Michael Ennis-McMillan, and Kristina Baines. (2023) “Cultivating Voice and Solidarity in Times of Crisis: Ethnographic Online Journaling as a Pedagogical Tool.” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09832-6.
• Wurtz, Heather M., Maria Hernandez, and Madeline Baird. (2023) “Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID‑19.” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09839-z.

Commentaries

• Trok, Lorato and Nancy J. Jacobs. (2024) "Reaching Out from Lockdown: A  Writing Group for Young Black South Africans." Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-024-09850-y.
• Vicente da Silva, Renan, Carlos Eduardo Assunção Alves, Mayana Ribeiro Montenario, and Laura Rebecca Murray. (2024) “Writing to Create, Mend, and Rebel: Three Reflections on Journaling as Escrevivência for Afro-Brazilian Public University Students during COVID-19.” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry.
• Márquez Rodríguez, Cristopher Bogart. (2024) “The Eschucha (Listen) Podcast Project: Psycho-social Innovation for Marginalized Mexican Youth and Young Adults.” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-024-09847-7.

ARTICLES

• Wurtz, Heather M., Andrea Flores, Sarah S. Willen, and Katherine A. Mason. 2024. “Engaging Immigrant Women in Online Journaling as a Mode of Research and Psychosocial Support: Lessons Learned.” Practicing Anthropology. 1-13.
• Mason, Katherine A., Heather M. Wurtz, Sofia Boracci, and Sarah S. Willen. 2024. “Assembling vaccine perspectives: Vaccination and moral self-talk in the journals of white US mothers during Covid-19.” Social Science & Medicine—Qualitative Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100454.
• Parsons, Michelle Anne, Katherine A. Mason, Heather M. Wurtz, and Sarah S. Willen. 2024. “ 'I want the world back': Pandemic loneliness, bodies, and places.” Ethos. https://doi.org/10.1111/etho.12423.
• Wurtz, Heather M. 2022. “Journaling as a rights-based intervention during pandemic times: An interview with the creators of the Pandemic Journaling Project.” Journal of Human Rights. 
  • In Portuguese: Wurtz, Heather M. 2023. “‘Journaling’ como uma intervenção baseada em direitos em tempos de pandemia: Uma entrevista com Sarah S. Willen e Katherine A. Mason, criadoras do Projeto Diário da Pandemia (Pandemic Journaling Project.” Transl: Thayane Brêtas de Araujo. Metaxy. 4(1): 156-165.
  • In Spanish: Wurtz, Heather M. (2023). "Entrevista con las creadoras del Proyecto Diarios de la Pandemia." Transl: Ana Pérez. Estudios Sociológicos De El Colegio De México. 41(123): 867–882.  
• Willen, Sarah S., Sebastian Wogenstein, and Katherine A. Mason. 2020. “Everyday Disruptions and Jewish Dilemmas: Preliminary Insights from the Pandemic Journaling Project.” Jewish Social Studies. 26(1). 192-212.