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Latest Episodes

The Caring University: Reimagining the Workplace after the Great Resignation
June 25, 2025

In his book The Caring University, Dr. Kevin McClure shares a transformative approach to higher education workplace culture. He argues that institutions must prioritize the well-being of faculty and s

Supervising with Strengths: Leading with Intention & Humanity
June 19, 2025

Anne Brackett and Alicia Wojciuch, two dynamic leaders whove helped hundreds of student affairs professionals, join Heather Shea to explore how strengths-based approaches can transform the way we sup

Here’s the Story: “Truthfully Honest”
June 11, 2025

In these times, being honestly truthful reinforces listening, hearing and holding students. Dr. Palmer shares the necessary value of understanding the difference between honesty and truth.

Here’s the Story: “When the Tide Turns: Grief, Honor, and the Role of a University”
June 11, 2025

Tragedy and loss are inevitable in the career of any Student Affairs professional. In this powerful episode, Dr. R. Bowin Loftin recalls the day he had to deliver heartbreaking news after a sailing tr

Reciprocity Required: Relationships Between Black and White Women in Higher Education
June 04, 2025

Authentic relationships between Black and white women in higher education are often difficult to cultivatemade more so by the persistent realities of misogynoir and the role white women can play in p

Contemplative Practices & Resistance in Higher Education
May 28, 2025

The editors of this book join to discuss contemplative practices for transformation. The volume shares stories that offer life experience, powerful examples, and concrete practices to help bring being

Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and Other Organizations for Human Flourishing
May 21, 2025

Dr. Jessica Riddell discusses mindsets and 10 tools to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild institutions of higher education from her research and book Hope Circuits. She offers a critique of the status qu

Here’s the Story: “Meeting Gloria, Finding Myself”
May 14, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUicR1InL2s Episode Description Heather Shea shares how working in a women's center and bringing feminist icon Gloria Steinem to campus shaped her personal, polit

Here’s the Story: “Don’t Be a Burpee!”
May 14, 2025

Dr. Carter-Atkins shares a powerful message of self-care and leadership through the magic of burpees!

Teaching Where You Are: Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies
May 07, 2025

Drs. Shannon Leddy and Lorrie Miller, co-authors of Teaching Where You Are: Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies, discuss indigenous approaches to teaching and learning. They integrat