Katherine Evans

Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

GitHub ID: kevans32

Katherine Evans is the division director for the computational sciences and engineering division at ORNL. Performing this job when working remotely during a pandemic in a house with a high school senior, college senior, and fellow scientist/manager/husband Tom (see bio below) requires staking out the quietest room in the house to perform a range of calls. On these calls, she attempts to assure her staff that its ok to let the kids cry in the background and asks for clarity from her management to guide her through the unforeseen logistical issues for 100 people to work remotely and 20 staff to risk their health to continue their work onsite. During this exercise, Tom and the kids also have many online meetings/classes/gaming and she thanks herself daily that her husband Tom successfully argued to upgrade the family internet to 100Gb fiber just last year. The beagle enjoys the new family schedule and has learned that the kids give in to the cute dog face so she now eats about 10 times a day.

Panels:

2. Challenges Faced by Parents Who are Working Remotely, and Overcoming Them (2020-04-24)