Georgina DiNardo’s first virtual class is at 9:45. It’s Introduction To Communications she’s a TA, so she’s responsible for sharing her computer screen with the class to display articles and other visual aids. At 11, she has a short break she walks around the room to stretch her legs. By 11:20, she’s back on Zoom for a macroeconomics class (as a student, this time). For the rest of the afternoon, she edits and writes for
The Eagle, American University’s newspaper, communicating with her colleagues in a pile of Slack channels. Then, homework.
DiNardo, a sophomore at American, and her roommate have to negotiate space (they both have Zoom classes every day). One takes their shared bedroom, and one takes the dining room table. DiNardo prefers the former it’s easier to focus in a small private space but, “We kind of rotate on how we’re feeling.” Whichever room DiNardo ends up in, she’s there the entire day.