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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

Read Daniel’s story

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Thomas Groll

Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs; Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Watch Thomas’ story

Costis Maglaras

Dean, David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

Watch Costis’ story

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Amanda Sarafian

Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Occupational Therapy), CUIMC

Listen to Amanda’s story

Pallavi Utukuri

Assistant Professor of Radiology, CUIMC

Read Pallavi’s story

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

Read Manan’s story 

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Anonymous Student

Student, Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program

Read this story

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Sajan Bar

Student, School of Engineering and Applied Science; CTL Student as Pedagogical Partner

Listen to Sajan’s story

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Beth Barron

Associate Professor of Medicine, CUIMC

Watch Beth’s story

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Hans Bernier and Kelly Smith

Hans Bernier, Associate Director of Field Education, and Kelly Smith, Lecturer, School of Social Work

Read Hans and Kelly’s story

Julian Chen

Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Applied Physics

Read Julian’s story

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Statia Cook

Lecturer in the Discipline of Astronomy

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Denise Cruz

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

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Janis Cutler and Catherine Parker

Janis Cutler, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, and Catherine Parker, student, VP&S

Watch Janis and Catherine’s story

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Midori Hosoda

Student, Columbia College

Listen to Midori’s story

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Yongmei Huang

Associate Research Scientist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CUIMC

Read Yongmei’s story

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Tal Lazar

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Film, School of the Arts

Read and Watch Tal’s story

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Lia Marshall and Aparna Balasundaram

Lia W. Marshall, Lecturer in Social Work, and Aparna Balasundaram, Associate in Social Work

Read Lia and Aparna’s story

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Vicky Murillo

Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs

Read Vicky’s story

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Kalisa Ndamage

Student, School of Engineering and Applied Science; CTL Student as Pedagogical Partner

Listen to Kalisa’s story

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Diana Rose Newby

Graduate Student, Department of English & Comparative Literature; CTL Senior Lead Teaching Fellow

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Dawn Nilsen

Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Occupational Therapy), CUIMC

Read Dawn’s story

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

Read Martina and Cale’s story

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Katherine Segal

Adjunct Faculty, School of Social Work 

Read Katherine’s story

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Alfredo Spagna

Lecturer in the Discipline of Psychology; Director of Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience and Behavior

Read and watch Alfredo’s story

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Jacob Stern

MPA Graduate Student ’21, School of International and Public Affairs

Read Jacob’s story

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Weiping Wu

Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Watch Weiping’s story