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.
COVID-19
Literally No Other Option but Overworking
In this clip, grad students talk about how the pandemic increased the already overworking culture of graduate school.
Isolation Became the Default
In this clip, grad students talk about the “disciplined” isolation they faced.
Grad Students Afloat and Alone
In this clip, grad students talk about the challenge of maintaining social ties during the pandemic.
Depression and Survival Mode
In this clip, two grad students talk about experiencing symptoms of depression during pandemic isolation.
Breakdowns in the University Institution
In this clip, two graduate students talk about the university breaking down during the pandemic.
Being a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Beginning of the Pandemic
In this clip, graduate students talk about the challenges of being teaching assistants at the beginning of the pandemic.
When the Pandemic Changes Your Dreams
In this clip, a college students talks about switching her pathway from physics to journalism during the pandemic.
Unifying Around TikTok Trends
In this clip, college students discuss the cultural trends from TikTok.
The Sweet Spot of Gen Z
In this clip, two college students talk about how Gen Z was uniquely impacted by the pandemic as young adults.
Sent Unceremoniously Back Home
In this clip, college students talk about the jarring experience of being sent back home from college during pandemic shutdown.
Recovering What Was Lost Socially
In this clip, college students talk about how hard it has been to socially recover from the pandemic.
Leaving Systemically Racist Organizations
In this clip, a college student shares how the racial reckonings of 2020 impacted her to leave her sorority.
It Just Kept Going
In this clip, college students talk about the endlessness of the COVID-19 pandemic.
How the Pandemic Changed Mental Health Career Aspirations
In this clip, a college student shares how the pandemic changed her interest in a mental health career.
Every Single Person on Earth Was Affected
In this clip, two students talk about how COVID-19 was something that collectively happened to us all.
Dating During the Pandemic
In this clip, college students talk about their experiences dating during the pandemic.
Community Is an Intentional Choice
In this clip, two college students talk about the pandemic making them realize how important community is.
Being 20 Is Weird Whether or Not There’s a Pandemic
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.
A Taste of College, Then Cocooned Again
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.
Wait, What’s a Pandemic?
In this clip, two graduate students share where they were when they first learned about the pandemic.
Time to Connect Amidst Busy Schedules
In this clip, a graduate student recounts her hectic schedule during early pandemic times.
This Is Not What a PhD Program Is Supposed to Be Like
In this clip, two PhD students share about how the pandemic impacted their experiences.
The Pressure to Be Productive
In this clip, two graduate students discuss the pressure to be productive in their programs.
The Human Side of Research
In this clip, two graduate student share about moving to the more “human” side of research.
Sources of Information and Misinformation
In this clip, two graduate students share about their experiences with COVID-19 information and misinformation.
She Passed Away Without Family Next to Her
In this clip, a grad student shares the story of her grandma passing away from COVID-19.
Resistance and Research Within and for Our Communities
In this clip, grad students talk about how the summer of 2020 shaped their research.
Pandemic Impacts on Students With Visas
In this clip, an international student talks with her classmate about the challenges she faced during the pandemic.
How the Pandemic Changed Research Work
In this clip, graduate students talk about how the pandemic changed their research.
Envisioning the Virtual Experience
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.
The Profound Relief of the Vaccine
In this clip, two professors talk about the emotional experience of getting vaccinated.
The Privilege of Not Acknowledging Injustice
In this clip, listen to two faculty of color share about how it feels for injustices to not be acknowledged in university spaces.
Privacy and Publicity of Grief
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.
Mental Health Crises
In this clip, professors talk about being at a loss on how to support students going through mental health struggles.
Loss of Opportunities to Learn Soft Skills
In this clip, a professor speaks about noticing how post-pandemic students are missing certain opportunities.
Interconnected Injustices, Interconnected Movements
In this clip, listen to two professors of color discuss the divisive nature of internationalized racism.
Institutional Time Instead of Connection Time
In this clip, two faculty of color discuss the lessons we should have learned but have not.
Gatekeeping Antiracism Is Not the Deeper Work
In this clip, two professors who are women of color discuss how social justice work can get weaponized or used in a reductionist way.
Constant Concern, Extended Emergency
In this clip, listen to two professors talk about the difficulties in figuring out how to support students and community members.
Clashes of the Digital Divide
In this clip, professors speak about the digital divide that impacted many of their students, as well as increased surveillance.
Being More Present at Work… Not in a Good Way
In this clip, two professors converse about the capitalist approach of their institution, which overworks faculty and leaves students behind.
Being Unable to Turn Away From the Zoom Screen of White Privilege
In this clip, a woman of color first-gen teaching professor without tenure speaks on the heightened nature of oppressive structures in the institution.
2 Years of My College Life Were in Front of the Computer, Behind a Mask
n this clip, two UW students share how the pandemic interrupted their academic growth and progress.
Accepting Other’s Decisions During COVID
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.
COVID and the Conflicts It Caused
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.
COVID During Senior Year of High School
Listen as two UW students share how they processed the announcement that their senior year of high school would be online.
COVID in a Multigenerational Household
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
I’m No Longer Paranoid but It’s Become Normal
In this clip, listen as a UW student shares how pandemic paranoia has essentially become normalized for her.
Reflecting on What We Went Through
Listen as two UW students share how they process the pandemic and how they move forward from it.
Sensing Fear in Other People
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.
Studying Abroad After Covid’s Peak
Listen as UW students share their experiences of navigating COVID while studying abroad.
When It Got Real for Us
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.
I’ve Always Felt Lighter
Listen as two UW graduate students share how their friendship is a source of comfort and support.
Lifeline
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.
The Net That Catches Us
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.
It Was the Same Space but It Changed the Way People Do Things
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.
I Was Not Expecting to Have This Conversation in My Lifetime
Listen as two first gen UW students commiserate over navigating conversations about vaccines with their parents.
I Was Hustling but I Was Also Struggling
Listen as a first gen UW student shares the numerous factors that weighed on her during the pandemic.
I Forgot How to Socially Interact In Person
In this brief clip, a first gen UW student shares how she had to essentially relearn how to socialize when being back in person.
I Feel Like I Had to Start Over When I Came 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.
How I Started Building My Own Community
In this clip, a first-gen Mexican UW student shares how she built a community at UW.
How Are We Supposed to Learn Based on the Videos
Listen as a first-gen UW student shares the difficulty of online learning as a biology major.
For Students, Like Me, Who Have Big Dreams
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.
Figuring Out Our Family Dynamic
Listen as two first-gen UW students discuss how their family dynamics shifted and changed as they lived at home during the pandemic.
Chores and the Pandemic
In this clip, listen as two first-generation UW students commiserate over their household dynamics and responsibilities at home during the pandemic.
Virtual Options Becoming the Norm
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.
This Shift Will Probably Be Forever
Listen as a UW student shares the changes she’s observed since the end of the pandemic namely, hybrid options being more available.
The Difficulty of Seeing Zoom as a Collaborative Space
Listen as a UW student shares the challenges she perceives to online learning and zoom school.
Summer Classes During the Pandemic
Listen as a UW student shares her experiences taking online summer classes from home.
Student Groups During the Pandemic
Listen as UW students share how difficult doing group work for classes during the pandemic.
Running Into People That Didn’t Take the Pandemic Seriously
Listen as a UW shares a significant memory from the pandemic.
Remembering Where We Were at the Start of the Pandemic (2)
Listen as a UW student shares what she remembers about the start of the pandemic.
Remembering Where We Were at the Start of the Pandemic (1)
Listen as a UW student reflects on how things changed for him when the pandemic first began.
Receiving Information About the Pandemic
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.
Professors Became More Human
In this clip, a UW student shares how the pandemic caused her to see a different side of her professors.
Interning During the Pandemic
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.
Difficulty Concentrating During Virtual Classes
In this clip, a UW student discusses the difficulty she had with virtual learning.
Adapting to Being Alone During the Pandemic
In this clip, a UW student described how he adapted to being alone during the height of the pandemic.
Work Being the Only Support System During the Pandemic
Listen as a UW student describes how work became his only support system during the pandemic.
When We Started Hanging Out, You Changed My Routine a Lot
Listen as a UW student describes how his life and routine changed when he started dating his girlfriend during the pandemic.
There Was Just a Day When I Felt Really Hopeless
In this clip, listen as a UW student emotionally described the extreme burnout he experienced during the pandemic.
Mental Health Care for Brown Folk During the Pandemic
In this clip, a UW student describes his experience attempting to seek mental health care during the pandemic.
Living Downtown During the Height of the Summer 2020 Protests
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.
It Wasn’t a Job Where I Could Isolate Myself
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.
I Was Overloading Myself
Listen as a UW student describes the burnout he experienced during the pandemic.
I Was Distracting Myself Rather Than Decompressing
Listen as a UW student discusses how he navigated and improved his mental health after the pandemic.
Getting Information From Everywhere, Everyday
Listen as a UW student describes where he received information during the pandemic.
Everybody Was Talking About It All the Time
Listen as a UW student recalls how COVID-19 was all anyone would ever talk about for months on end.
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Learning in Person or Online
In this clip, listen as the Director of the Resilience Lab discusses the pros and cons of doing school online versus in person.
Staff Mental Health
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.
Seeing and Being Seen Multi-dimensionally
In this clip, Resilience Lab staff discuss how they managed to make connections and support one another during the pandemic.
Processing Together
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.
Processing Doing Grad School Online
In this clip, listen as a grad student describes how they processed doing online grad school during the pandemic.
Prioritizing Health
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.
Navigating Conversations About Vaccine
In this clip, Resilience Lab staff discuss the difficulty of navigating conversations about vaccines during the pandemic and the added stress the controversy brought.
Mindfulness and Parenting
In this clip, the Director of the Resilience Lab reflects on moments during the pandemic where she would watch her son play and practice mindfulness by being fully present in his world with him.
It Feels So Unnatural to Not Hug My Parents Right Now
In this clip, the Director of the Resilience Lab tells of different stressors that affected her compounded by the pandemic.
It All Started to Blend Together
Listen as staff from the Resilience Lab reflect on how their lives changed with the start of the pandemic as their in person roles transitioned to being online and at home, blending all of their responsibilities together.