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.
pandemic perspectives
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.
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.
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.
Difficulty Concentrating During Virtual Classes
In this clip, a UW student discusses the difficulty she had with virtual learning.
Pandemic Perspective
Listen as the director of the Resilience Lab describes her perspective and the decisions she made during the pandemic.
Finding Our Own Rhythms
Listen to students share their experiences figuring out how to balance their lives and schoolwork.
Friendships Changing During the Pandemic
Listen to college students talk about how their friendships changed during the pandemic.
Guess Who Game
Listen to two students talk about the disorientating experience of starting college during the COVID-19 pandemic.
My Professor’s Concerns About COVID
Listen to a student talk about their professor’s concerns and experience with COVID-19.
Reflecting on the Difficulty of Classes
Listen to two college students discuss the relative difficulty of classes during the early pandemic.
Thinking About Dropping Out of School During COVID
Listen to two college students commiserate about their academic challenges throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Working for the 2020 Census
Listen to a college student talk about his experience working for the Census Bureau in 2020.
Realizing We’re Not Going Back
Listen to two college students talk about realizing they would not be going back in-person the next school year.
Black Lives Matter Narratives
Listen to the vice provost and a student in dialogue about Black Lives Matter narratives during the summer of 2020.
Build a Black Wall Street in WA State
Listen to a student athlete share his dream of building a “Black Wall Street” in Washington State.
Gong Back Home While Grown
Listen to a student reflect on what it was like to move back home because of pandemic lockdown.
I Learned How Resilient I Could Be
Listen to a student share with the vice provost what he learned about himself during the pandemic.
It Was Very Quiet in the Stadium
Listen to a college football player talk about his experience as the COVID-19 pandemic started and the university closed down.
Reactions in the Wake of the Murder of George Floyd
Listen to the vice provost and a student talk about what it was like in Seattle in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.
Student Athletes Are More Than Just Athletes
Listen to a student athlete share about his aspirations to the vice provost, who reflects on how we should see student athletes in their full humanity.
Teachers Made Virtual Tests Harder
professors would make virtual exams harder than in-person exams due to their lack of trust.
Uncertainties and Disparities
Listen to a student talk about the disparities faced by Black communities that were exacerbated by COVID-19.
Protecting Others in Uncertain Times
Listen to a grocery store worker share her perspective as an essential workers through the most intense part of quarantine.
Missing the Full College Experience
Listen to two students discuss their different college orientation experiences, one pre-COVID and one post-COVID.
Like Out of an Apocalypse Movie
Listen to a grocery store worker share their memories of sanitation duties during the early pandemic.
I Do Wish the University Took a Stronger Stance
Listen to a college student talk about confusions in understanding pandemic policies.
Daily Isolations
Listen to a student describe her daily life during COVID and the feelings of isolation.
COVID Continues to Impact Us
Listen to two college students reflect on how the pandemic continues to impact life.
Being Aware of Things You Didn’t Think About Before
Listen to a college student share how the COVID-19 pandemic made them aware of things they didn’t think about before.
Virtual Humanity
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate School shares how her leadership was founded on compassion and grace and trust and humanity.
Limits to Self Care
Listen as the Dean of the Graduate school describes the challenges she faced with practicing self care during the pandemic.
Intentional Ways of Connection
In this clip, the Dean of the Graduate School shares her leadership style.
How Do We Support Graduate Students
Listen as the Dean of the Graduate School discusses everything she and her team had to consider when the pandemic shut the university down.
Giving People Time Off
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate School discusses the leadership decisions she made during the pandemic and how a lot of those decisions came from trusting her staff.
Give People Grace
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate School describes her philosophy on work-life balance and how it came into play during the pandemic.
Doughnuts With the Dean
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate school shares the creative ways in which she worked to facilitate connection among her staff and students during the pandemic.
Dean, Mother, Black Woman
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate school discusses the unique set of intersectional stressors she faced during the pandemic.
Putting Others Before Ourselves
In this clip, listen as two graduate students discuss the ways in which the pandemic highlighted positive and negative aspects of humanity and what they themselves take away from the pandemic.
Pandemic Paranoia and the New Normal
Listen as two graduate students commiserate about how much their lives have changed since the pandemic and the habits they maintain as a result of the pandemic.
Pandemic Cohort Support
Listen as an international grad student shares their gratitude for the support they received from their cohort during the pandemic.
Life Hitting the Brick Wall of the Pandemic
In this clip, listen as a graduate student shares the challenges and changes they faced with starting graduate school in the pandemic.
Internatinal Grad Student Experiences
In this clip, listen as an international student shares the uncertainty surrounding graduate school during the pandemic.
Teaching the Next Generation of Scientists and Doctors
In this clip, listen as the doctors who identified COVID-19 in the U.S. share how the virus has changed how much knowledge and interest the next generation of doctor’s has on respiratory viruses.
