Tell your story. Learn from others.
What was it like to teach and learn at Columbia in 2021? Read, watch, and listen to stories from Columbia voices below, and share your own voice.
About This Initiative
Faculty, postdocs, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students were invited to submit their reflections—through video, audio, or text—on hybrid/HyFlex or fully online teaching, curricular innovations, or learning experiences at Columbia during the pandemic.
Below you will find the amazing work that both instructors and students did during the 2020-2021 academic year to adapt and succeed in the pandemic teaching and learning environment.
Columbia faculty and students share their experiences teaching and learning in hybrid courses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Daniel Geller
Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Occupational Therapy), CUIMC
Thomas Groll
Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs; Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar
Costis Maglaras
Dean, David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Amanda Sarafian
Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Occupational Therapy), CUIMC
Columbia faculty and students share their experiences teaching and learning in fully online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Manan Ahmed
Associate Professor of History
Anonymous Student
Student, Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program
Sajan Bar
Student, School of Engineering and Applied Science; CTL Student as Pedagogical Partner
Beth Barron
Associate Professor of Medicine, CUIMC
Hans Bernier and Kelly Smith
Hans Bernier, Associate Director of Field Education, and Kelly Smith, Lecturer, School of Social Work
Julian Chen
Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Applied Physics
Donian Chyong
Student, Columbia College; CTL Student as Pedagogical Partner
Statia Cook
Lecturer in the Discipline of Astronomy
Denise Cruz
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Janis Cutler and Catherine Parker
Janis Cutler, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, and Catherine Parker, student, VP&S
Midori Hosoda
Student, Columbia College
Yongmei Huang
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CUIMC
Tal Lazar
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Film, School of the Arts
Lia Marshall and Aparna Balasundaram
Lia W. Marshall, Lecturer in Social Work, and Aparna Balasundaram, Associate in Social Work
Vicky Murillo
Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Kalisa Ndamage
Student, School of Engineering and Applied Science; CTL Student as Pedagogical Partner
Diana Rose Newby
Graduate Student, Department of English & Comparative Literature; CTL Senior Lead Teaching Fellow
Dawn Nilsen
Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Occupational Therapy), CUIMC
Martina Pavlicova and Cale N. Basaraba
Martina Pavlicova, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, and Cale N. Basaraba, Instructor in Biostatistics, PhD Student in Epidemiology
Yarin Reindorp
Student, General Studies, and CTL Student as Pedagogical Partner
Katherine Segal
Adjunct Faculty, School of Social Work
Alfredo Spagna
Lecturer in the Discipline of Psychology; Director of Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience and Behavior
Jacob Stern
MPA Graduate Student ’21, School of International and Public Affairs
Weiping Wu
Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar
