What Was Life Like Before This?
In this clip, two grad students talk about the difference between reflecting back on early pandemic days and actually living through it.
2023-2024
In this clip, two grad students talk about the difference between reflecting back on early pandemic days and actually living through it.
In this clip, grad students talk about how the pandemic increased the already overworking culture of graduate school.
In this clip, grad students talk about the “disciplined” isolation they faced.
In this clip, grad students talk about the challenge of maintaining social ties during the pandemic.
In this clip, two grad students talk about experiencing symptoms of depression during pandemic isolation.
In this clip, two graduate students talk about the university breaking down during the pandemic.
In this clip, graduate students talk about the challenges of being teaching assistants at the beginning of the pandemic.
In this clip, a college students talks about switching her pathway from physics to journalism during the pandemic.
In this clip, college students discuss the cultural trends from TikTok.
In this clip, two college students talk about how Gen Z was uniquely impacted by the pandemic as young adults.
In this clip, college students talk about the jarring experience of being sent back home from college during pandemic shutdown.
In this clip, college students talk about how hard it has been to socially recover from the pandemic.
In this clip, a college student shares how the racial reckonings of 2020 impacted her to leave her sorority.
In this clip, college students talk about the endlessness of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this clip, a college student shares how the pandemic changed her interest in a mental health career.
In this clip, two students talk about how COVID-19 was something that collectively happened to us all.
In this clip, college students talk about their experiences dating during the pandemic.
In this clip, two college students talk about the pandemic making them realize how important community is.
In this clip, two college students talk about whether feeling young is a product of the pandemic or just a normal part of life or both.
In this clip, a college student talks about what it was like to start her college experience, and then return back home because of the pandemic.
In this clip, two graduate students share where they were when they first learned about the pandemic.
In this clip, a graduate student recounts her hectic schedule during early pandemic times.
In this clip, two PhD students share about how the pandemic impacted their experiences.
In this clip, two graduate students discuss the pressure to be productive in their programs.
In this clip, two graduate student share about moving to the more “human” side of research.
In this clip, two graduate students share about their experiences with COVID-19 information and misinformation.
In this clip, a grad student shares the story of her grandma passing away from COVID-19.
In this clip, grad students talk about how the summer of 2020 shaped their research.
In this clip, an international student talks with her classmate about the challenges she faced during the pandemic.
In this clip, graduate students talk about how the pandemic changed their research.
In this clip, two grad students talk about how their visions of what it would look like to move and start school were different from the reality.
In this clip, two professors talk about the emotional experience of getting vaccinated.
In this clip, listen to two faculty of color share about how it feels for injustices to not be acknowledged in university spaces.
In this clip, two professors discuss how they dealt with COVID grief in the face of glibness from those whose lives didn’t seem touched by COVID loss.
In this clip, professors talk about being at a loss on how to support students going through mental health struggles.
In this clip, a professor speaks about noticing how post-pandemic students are missing certain opportunities.
In this clip, listen to two professors of color discuss the divisive nature of internationalized racism.
In this clip, two faculty of color discuss the lessons we should have learned but have not.
In this clip, two professors who are women of color discuss how social justice work can get weaponized or used in a reductionist way.
In this clip, listen to two professors talk about the difficulties in figuring out how to support students and community members.
In this clip, professors speak about the digital divide that impacted many of their students, as well as increased surveillance.
In this clip, two professors converse about the capitalist approach of their institution, which overworks faculty and leaves students behind.
In this clip, a woman of color first-gen teaching professor without tenure speaks on the heightened nature of oppressive structures in the institution.
n this clip, two UW students share how the pandemic interrupted their academic growth and progress.
In this clip, a UW student discusses how she came to terms with other people’s decisions to go out or not take COVID precautions during the pandemic.
In this clip, a UW student shares her experience living in the dorms during the pandemic and how she navigated roommate conflicts brought on by COVID.
Listen as two UW students share how they processed the announcement that their senior year of high school would be online.
Listen as a UW student describes living in a multi-generational household during the pandemic and the anxiety with getting COVID while living with elderly grandparents. S
In this clip, listen as a UW student shares how pandemic paranoia has essentially become normalized for her.
Listen as two UW students share how they process the pandemic and how they move forward from it.
In this clip, a UW student shares how she remembers what her fear felt like during the pandemic and how she saw fear emerge in other people.
Listen as UW students share their experiences of navigating COVID while studying abroad.
Listen as two UW students remember the moment that COVID got real for them as they saw their high school shut down and their teachers get more nervous.
In this clip, two UW grad students discuss their friendship and how they define themselves as “accountabili-buddies.”
Listen as two UW graduate students share how their friendship is a source of comfort and support.
Listen as UW graduate students share how being accepted in a cohort made their initial visit to grad school more bearable because they could lean on each other.
In this clip, two UW graduate students and their advisor discuss how easy it is for women of color to slip through the cracks and how grateful they are for their friendship and the CCDE to keep that from happening to them.
Listen as a UW graduate student shares her experience of finding support and compassion through the CCDE and her friendships when the stress of graduate school became overwhelming.
In this clip, two UW graduate students share how the CCDE offers a space where community is their foundation rather than competition.
In this clip, two first gen UW students reflect on the ways that being in person has changed since the school reopened after the pandemic.
Listen as two first gen UW students commiserate over navigating conversations about vaccines with their parents.
Listen as a first gen UW student shares the numerous factors that weighed on her during the pandemic.
In this brief clip, a first gen UW student shares how she had to essentially relearn how to socialize when being back in person.
Listen as a first gen UW students share the difficulty of returning in person and learning how to socialize with new people again.
In this clip, a first-gen Mexican UW student shares how she built a community at UW.
Listen as a first-gen UW student shares the difficulty of online learning as a biology major.
In this clip, a first-gen Pacific Islander UW student shares how much she appreciates the PI community at UW and how she hopes to continue to make spaces for more PI students.
Listen as two first-gen UW students discuss how their family dynamics shifted and changed as they lived at home during the pandemic.
In this clip, listen as two first-generation UW students commiserate over their household dynamics and responsibilities at home during the pandemic.
Listen as UW student reflect on the changes they notice in the tech industry and job opportunities in the tech field as companies move toward more online work.
Listen as a UW student shares the changes she’s observed since the end of the pandemic namely, hybrid options being more available.
Listen as a UW student shares the challenges she perceives to online learning and zoom school.
Listen as a UW student shares her experiences taking online summer classes from home.
Listen as UW students share how difficult doing group work for classes during the pandemic.
Listen as a UW shares a significant memory from the pandemic.
Listen as a UW student shares what she remembers about the start of the pandemic.
Listen as a UW student reflects on how things changed for him when the pandemic first began.
In this clip, a UW student shares that he received most of his information about the pandemic from the state-wide case counts and google alerts.
In this clip, a UW student shares how the pandemic caused her to see a different side of her professors.
In this clip, a UW student discusses his experiences searching for internship opportunities during the pandemic and what it looked like to intern during the pandemic.
In this clip, a UW student discusses the difficulty she had with virtual learning.
In this clip, a UW student described how he adapted to being alone during the height of the pandemic.
Listen as a UW student describes how work became his only support system during the pandemic.
Listen as a UW student describes how his life and routine changed when he started dating his girlfriend during the pandemic.
In this clip, listen as a UW student emotionally described the extreme burnout he experienced during the pandemic.
In this clip, a UW student describes his experience attempting to seek mental health care during the pandemic.
In this clip, a UW student describes his anxiety and fear with living downtown and commuting during the BLM protests given the heightened racist violence that plagued the area.
In this clip, a UW student discusses the job he had a telecom company during the pandemic and how difficult it was to isolate in a job where working from home wasn’t an option.
Listen as a UW student describes the burnout he experienced during the pandemic.
Listen as a UW student discusses how he navigated and improved his mental health after the pandemic.
Listen as a UW student describes where he received information during the pandemic.
Listen as a UW student recalls how COVID-19 was all anyone would ever talk about for months on end.
In this clip, listen as the Director of the Resilience Lab discusses the pros and cons of doing school online versus in person.
In this clip, listen as Resilience Lab staff reflect on how, in prioritizing student needs and the impact of COVID-19 on students, there was a delay in recognizing how staff were also being impacted.
In this clip, Resilience Lab staff discuss how they managed to make connections and support one another during the pandemic.
In this is clip, a UW grad student describes what they did to process the changes in their work and student life within the pandemic.
In this clip, listen as a grad student describes how they processed doing online grad school during the pandemic.
In this clip, listen as Resilience Lab member and grad student discusses their perspective on hybrid options for class being normalized to let students still attend class while sick.
In this clip, Resilience Lab staff discuss the difficulty of navigating conversations about vaccines during the pandemic and the added stress the controversy brought.