Research Data & Publications

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Journal entries from PJP's first phase and our subsequent spin-off projects are helping to illuminate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the everyday lives of people around the world. You can find our growing list of research publications below. If you need help accessing an article, email us at pandemicjournalingproject@gmail.com to request a PDF.


PUBLISHED DATASETS

Interested in working with PJP data in your own research? All data from our first phase (PJP-1) have been published at the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) at Syracuse University. Data access requires IRB approval (from your home institution) and willingness to comply with all terms of access (set by QDR and the PJP team).

  • Willen, Sarah S.; Mason, Katherine A.. 2024. "Data for: The Pandemic Journaling Project, Phase One (PJP-1)". Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6PXS9ZK. QDR Main Collection. V1.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

SPECIAL ISSUES

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

     Peer-reviewed articles

     Commentaries

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


ARTICLES

2025     Wurtz, Heather M., Salma Mutwafy, Sarah S. Willen, and Katherine A. Mason. "‘It’s not where we are, it’s who we’re near’: crisis and caring labor in the COVID narratives of middle-class white women in the United States." Gender, Place & Culture, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2025.2523894.

2024     Wurtz, Heather M., Andrea Flores, Sarah S. Willen, and Katherine A. Mason. “Engaging Immigrant Women in Online Journaling as a Mode of Research and Psychosocial Support: Lessons Learned.” Practicing Anthropology. 1-13.

2024     Mason, Katherine A., Heather M. Wurtz, Sofia Boracci, and Sarah S. Willen. “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.

2024     Parsons, Michelle AnneKatherine A. MasonHeather M. Wurtz, and Sarah S. Willen. “ 'I want the world back': Pandemic loneliness, bodies, and places.” Ethos. https://doi.org/10.1111/etho.12423.

2022     Wurtz, Heather M. Journaling as a rights-based intervention during pandemic times: An interview with the creators of the Pandemic Journaling Project. Journal of Human Rights. 

2020     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.