We are searching for big ideas that inspire hope and action in higher education around institutional transformation and innovation to advance student success and more equitable student outcomes. Joining John Gardner are higher education leaders and other relevant persons of interest who will discuss innovation and strategies that improve higher education.The Gardner Institute, a 24-year-old non-profit, has been at the forefront of innovation in higher education; our mission very clearly conn ...
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Gerald Whittington- Innovation and Purpose in Finance
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As Special Assistant to the President at Elon University, Mr. Whittington provides strategic leadership for the President on projects and initiatives assigned by the President in all areas of the campus. Formerly, Gerald Whittington was the Senior Vice President for Business, Finance and Technology at Elon University serving from January 1992 to Ju…
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Oscar R. Miranda Tapia- From Challenges to Change
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Oscar R. Miranda Tapia is a Research Associate at the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and a Policy Intern at North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities. He is also a PhD student and Provost Fellow at NC State University, pursuing a degree in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, with a focus on hig…
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Sarah Bunnell- Transforming Teaching Practices
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Sarah Bunnell is the Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at Elon University and Past-President of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), Bunnell is an internationally recognized leader in the scholarship of teaching and learning and faculty development. During her tenure at A…
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Kimberly Koledoye- Defining and Developing Success
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Dr. Kimberly Koledoye is a professor of academic student success and serves as the program coordinator for the Houston Community College system. Additionally she teaches developmental and credit level English. She has made tremendous impact on the institution and statewide as a leader of development teams for First Year Experience courses and Devel…
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Meghan Gilbert– Supporting the Whole Student
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Meghan Gilbert is an Associate Professor of English and the Faculty Coordinator of the First Year Experience (FYE) at Guttman Community College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Gilbert holds a Ph.D. in English from St. John’s University. She has led and participated in several series on Implicit Bias Racial Literacy and Cultural…
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Robert Smith- Inspiring Innovation
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Dr. Robert (Bob) Smith is the University of Tennessee System’s Senior Advisor for Executive Leadership and Talent Development. In 2023, he took leave to serve as the Interim Executive Director for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, the state’s agency for coordination and state-wide policy guidance to all public institutions of higher educat…
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Leonard Cassuto- Student-Centered Graduate Education
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Leonard Cassuto wears many hats. He's a professor of American literature at Fordham University, a well-known voice of reform in the graduate school world, and--encompassing all of these--he's a writer. He has written or edited ten books on subjects such as race and slavery, detective stories, and of course graduate education. As a scholar and journ…
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John Lawless- Shared Dreams for Innovation
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John W. Lawless has many years of experience as a manager and CEO of business and non-profit organizations. His career began in the information systems division of McDonnell Douglas and includes the founding of HBOC, a nationwide healthcare information systems company. John Lawless was also involved in the establishment of several start-up companie…
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Wendy Ault- Connecting for Educational Equity
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A Maine native, Wendy Ault is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She has worked as a reproductive health teacher and the Assistant Director of Admissions at Westbrook College (now the University of New England) in Portland, Maine. Wendy Ault served as University of Maine at Farmington’s Associate Director of Admissions for seventeen ye…
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James Reardon- Social Aspects of Mental Health
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Dr. James “Jim” Reardon is a retired psychiatrist who resides with his wife in New Zealand. He came to the attention of this podcast by being the first supervisor of podcast host, John Gardner, when both Gardner and Reardon were THE “Psychiatric Clinic” at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina during the Vietnam War. Dr. Reardon was the Base …
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Will Bryant- Compassion and Engagement
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Will Bryant is a native of Western North Carolina and was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 2021. Will holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. With over 12 years of experience working in and amon…
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Will Bryant - Guiding Life Changes
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Will Bryant is a native of Western North Carolina and was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 2021. Will holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. With over 12 years of experience working in and amon…
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Amy Goodburn- Centering Innovation
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Amy Goodburn is Senior Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Education and Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) where she leads units in advising and career development, teaching and learning, and student retention and transition. Passionate about UNL’s land-grant mission to support access and equity, in 20…
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Steve Ehrmann- Authentic and Sustainable Opportunities
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Dr. Stephen C. Ehrmann has dedicated over fifty years to supporting innovation in higher education through his roles as a researcher, grant-maker, consultant, and academic leader. He is currently exploring how institutions can simultaneously enhance the authenticity of learning, equity of access to degrees, and affordability. Throughout his career,…
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JD Gardner- The First-Year Experience
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Meet JD Gardner, the grandson of founder Dr. John Gardner. JD is from Lexington, South Carolina and graduated in 2023 from Heathwood Hall, a prestigious private school in Columbia, South Carolina. In his time as a Heathwood Hall student, he earned a 3.9 GPA, was a 3-year honor roll student, as well as voted into school office as the executive counc…
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Claire Major- Teaching, Learning, and Service
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Claire Howell Major is Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Teaching Academy at the University of Alabama. Her research centers on faculty work, pedagogical approaches, technology for teaching, and online learning. Major has authored and co-authored several books, including five with Elizabeth Barkley. Their newest work is titled Engag…
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Eileen Strempel- Artistic Innovation
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Dr. Eileen Strempel currently serves as the Inaugural Dean of UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music and is also a Professor in UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies. Strempel is recognized as one of “The Top Ten Deans in U.S. Colleges and Universities,” and has served as PI or co-PI on ~$11M in extramural funding from the National Science F…
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Steve MacQueen- Engaging with the Arts
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Steve MacQueen is the Executive Director of the Vermont International Film Festival, a position he has occupied since June of 2023. He has been a curator and arts administrator since 1998, heading multidisciplinary programs in Georgia, Florida and North Carolina before coming to Vermont. He was the Artistic Director for the Flynn Center for the Per…
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Kerri Kearney- Supporting Hidden Student Populations
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Dr. Kerri Kearney is a professor of higher education and student affairs at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Her research and service primarily focuses on hidden student populations in higher education (students with backgrounds of socially stigmatizing, complex trauma) and organizational behavior, theory, and structure in higher education. Using h…
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Doris Fields and Victoria Fields- Sense of Service
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Dr. Doris J. Fields is the Interim Associate Provost and Associate Vice President of Academic Programs and Initiatives and Professor of Communication at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Fields completed both a Bachelor of Science degree (1990) and a Master of Arts degree (1992) from Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Fields later pursued a Doctor of …
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Steven Dandaneau- Restructuring for Student Success
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Dr. Steven P. Dandaneau is Associate Provost at Colorado State University and Executive Director of the Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities (UERU). In these roles, Dr. Dandaneau provides executive leadership for a national consortium of leading research universities focused on innovation in undergraduate education and c…
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Stephanie M. Foote- Humanizing Teaching
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Stephanie M. Foote is the Vice President for Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices. Prior to joining the Institute staff in August 2017, Stephanie was the founding director of the Master of Science in First-Year Studies, professor of education in the Department of First-Year and Transition Studies, and faculty fellow for High-Impact Prac…
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Robert Blanc- Supplemental Instruction
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Dr. Robert Blanc has taught in medical schools, universities, colleges, high schools, and a primary school during his 70+ years in education. Bob is a long-time collaborator with Deanna C. Martin. He helped Deanna develop the “supplementary instruction” (SI) program and practices around the world. SI programs are commonly named “Peer Assisted Study…
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Tonya Bailey- Community Partnerships
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Dr. Tonya C. Bailey(she/her/hers) is an accomplished executive leader with over 25 years of experience in higher education and corporate settings, leading transformative programming, and implementing award-winning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, coaching, & teaching services. Dr. Bailey is a sought-after speaker, workshop presen…
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April and Lane Perry- Encouraging Authentic Growth
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Dr. April Perry (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the M.Ed. Higher Education Student Affairs program and serves at Department Head/Chair for Human Services at Western Carolina University. Her research is primarily on college student identity development, career development, student transitions, and institutional initiatives for student success…
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Kevin Kelly, EdD, works with colleges and universities as a consultant to address distance education, educational technology, and organizational challenges. He teaches online courses as a Lecturer in the Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies at San Francisco State University, where he also previously served as the…
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Jillian Kinzie- Intentional Focus on Quality
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Dr. Jillian Kinzie is Associate Director of the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Institute. She conducts research and leads project activities on effective use of student engagement data to improve educational quality, and serves as senior scholar with the National Institute f…
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Phyllis Curtis-Tweed- Building a Shared Vision
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Dr. Phyllis Curtis-Tweed earned her Ph.D. at Emory University in Educational Studies with a focus on educational leadership and issues in psychology, specifically agency development, and moral development. She pursued postdoctoral training in psychology in the Clinical Research Training Program in Social Psychiatry at Harvard University where she w…
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Steven Smith- Canadian Approach to the First Year
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Steve Smith is a Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University. He has previously held the roles of Associate Vice-President Academic & Enrollment Management, Dean of Science, and Registrar, all at SMU. As an administrator, Steve’s focus was on initiatives to support student success. In partnership with his SMU colleagues, he launched (and ass…
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Denise Bartell- Learning as a Community
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Denise Bartell is Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Kent State University, where she facilitates strategic initiatives related to access, retention, completion, and student success with a focus on improving equity of outcomes for historically underserved students and empowering faculty as key stakeholders in this work. Her scholarship takes…
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Dr. David L. Graham is the Assistant Vice-Provost for Student Academic Success at The Ohio State University. He has been at Ohio State since 2006 and has over twenty-five years of higher education experience in academic affairs, student life, and intercollegiate athletics. Dr. Graham was a 2013-2014 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and ea…
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Episode 106- Equitable Innovation with Paul LePore
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Paul LePore is the associate dean for Student and Academic Programs in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a clinical professor in ASU’s T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics. His appointment began in December 2008. As associate dean, LePore focuses on issues involving student success, including new student recruitment; imp…
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Episode 105- Student Success in Australia with Sally Kift
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Professor Sally Kift is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL), and President of the Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows (ALTF). She has held several Australian university leadership positions, including as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at James Cook University (JCU) and i…
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Episode 104- Changing the Culture with Evon Walters
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His 30 years of experience in teaching, research & executive leadership, includes being a 2003 Fellow of the American Council on Education. Currently, he is the Northwest region President at the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Previous roles included President, Campus CEO and Vice President for Student Affairs and …
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Episode 103- The State of Transfer with Stephen J. Handel
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Stephen J. Handel, PhD, oversees a portfolio of grants designed to solidify ECMC Foundation’s commitment to the systematic and widespread improvement of students' postsecondary education outcomes, especially students from underserved groups. Steve’s special focus is on college and university transformation as a key lever in substantially increasing…
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Episode 102- Serving All Students Amy Salazar
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Dr. Amy Salazar currently serves as the Associate Vice Provost of Student Success at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. In her current role, she oversees several functional areas related to student success including Academic Advising, Academic Support, First Year Experience, Career Success, Global Engagement, First Gen Student Center, …
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Episode 101- Clearing a Path Jeffrey Baylor
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Jeffrey Baylor, who has successfully led enrollment efforts at institutions across the U.S., joined the University of Virginia’s College at Wise in 2022 as Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management. Baylor spent three years at West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) as the Associate Vice President for Student Enrollment Engagement and Success. During his…
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Episode 100- Transformative Experiences Drew Koch
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Dr. Andrew Koch is a child of immigrants who came to the United States in pursuit of a better life. His first language was not English, and postsecondary education was valued by his family as a means for realizing the American Dream. A recipient of need-based aid while in school, Koch is a staunch advocate for and leader of efforts that increase st…
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Episode 99- The 2-Year College with Brooke Barnett and Melissa Beckwith
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Brooke Barnett, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, previously served as Dean of the College of Communication at Butler. Brooke earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Communication Studies at Georgetown College, a Master of Arts in Journalism and doctorate in Mass Communication with a concentration in Law and Visual Communicat…
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Episode 98- Ethical Leadership with Alexandra Perry
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Dr. Alexandra Perry is the Interim Dean of the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business and an Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Marietta College. Dr. Perry teaches undergraduate classes in leadership and ethics, oversees the McDonough Center's academic and community engagement offerings, and serves on the College's faculty counci…
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Episode 97- A Sense of Community with Frank Cuevas
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Frank Cuevas serves as the vice chancellor for the Division of Student Life. Student Life departments provide the daily support students need to learn, lead, and serve on campus and in our community. We provide students with transformational experiences that are critical to realizing their academic and personal aspirations. The vice chancellor is t…
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Episode 96- Creative Thinking with Sabrina Fadial
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Artist Sabrina Fadial is known for making the impermanent permanent and the minute monumental. She forges iron into delicate organic forms that are larger than life. The strength of the metal becomes malleable in her hands, yielding graceful passages of iron that unfurl in space. Fadial asks us to consider the minute facets of our lives that tend t…
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Episode 95- Encouraging Supplemental Instruction with David Arendale
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David R. Arendale, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Curriculum and Instruction Department at the University of Minnesota (UMN). Arendale is Co-convener of Colleagues of Color for Social Justice and editor of the EOA Best Practices Clearinghouse. At UMN, he led a team that developed the Peer Assisted Learning program for courses thro…
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Episode 94- Equitable Systematic Support with Veronica Tate
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As a senior director at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), Veronica Tate provides strategic direction and quality assurance for mission-aligned projects and services in education and related content areas. She serves as a strategic advisor and relationship manager on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Intermediaries for Scale grant projec…
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Episode 93- Getting to Yes with Nicole Poff
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Nicole Poff currently serves as the Director of Academic Services and Assessment at United State University, an online institution committed to serving underserved student populations. In her present role, Nicole offers strategic support across multiple domains, including new program development, curriculum enhancements, assessment, faculty develop…
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Episode 92- Lori Gonzalez Looking Ahead
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Lori Stewart Gonzalez, Ph.D., joined Ohio University from the University of Louisville where she served as the executive vice president and university provost. Dr. Gonzalez received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky in speech pathology and audiology, a Master of Arts degree in communication disorders from Eastern Kentucky …
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Episode 91- Scott Evenbeck Building Community in College
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Dr. Scott E. Evenbeck is a retired president of the Charles and Stella Guttman Community College and currently serves as a University Professor at Baruch College. Scott joined CUNY in 2011 as The New Community College’s founding president. He served as professor of psychology and founding dean of University College at Indiana University-Purdue Univ…
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Episode 90- Alyssa Crittenden Graduate Student Experience
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Dr. Alyssa Crittenden is the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Dean of the Graduate College, and a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The university, and the Graduate College, are deeply committed to creating an environment where all students can thrive. UNLV is a large public university that holds the Carne…
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Episode 89- Douglas Robertson Reflective Practices
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Douglas L. Robertson (Ph.D., Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 1978) is Tenured Full Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, School of Education and Human Development, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education, at Florida International University, a public metropolitan research university in Miami with highe…
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Episode 88- Farrah Ward The Heart of Innovation
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Farrah Jackson Ward, Ph.D. is the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Mathematics at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU). She received her B.S. in mathematics education from North Carolina A&T State University and MS and PhD degrees in mathematics from North Carolina State University. Dr. Ward holds a post graduate …
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