Hosted by Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 87 episodes
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The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice is proud to present the “Varying Viewpoints” podcast. Our podcast series highlights recent and relevant work of emerging and established scholars and provides an engaging way to share innovative scholarship that focuses on diversifying leadership, enhancing equity, and fostering justice in higher education.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute hosts Varying Viewpoints, a education show with 87 episodes published.
In this episode of Varying Viewpoints, we sit down with Kira Matthews—known as “Kira the Bold”—to talk about what it really takes to turn ideas into opportunities. Kira is a UK-based coach and speaker who has built her w
Historically Black Colleges and Universities have long been essential to producing Black scholars and leaders yet they continue to face an uneven playing field when it comes to recruiting and keeping faculty. Today, HBCU
The mental health system is still falling short for many people. Despite years of diversity efforts, too many communities of color continue to be underserved, misunderstood, and overlooked. Outdated assumptions about wha
The contemporary workplace in 2026 is defined by disruption, recalibration, and the lasting aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hybrid and remote work models, evolving conversations about inclusion, rapid technological
In this episode, we speak with Musu Davis, author of Black and Smart (Rutgers University Press), to discuss strategies for supporting Black women’s success in college. Drawing from her book and professional experience, D
In this episode, we speak with Erjia Yan (Drexel University), Robert Palmer (Howard University), and Chaoqun Ni (University of Wisconsin–Madison) to discuss their upcoming research brief on the challenges HBCUs face in r
African American males face significant challenges in pursuing quality education, often encountering systemic barriers that result in disparities in academic achievement, economic opportunities, and social outcomes. From
In this episode, our JSSS 2025 Scholar, Victoria Parker, spoke with Anne Edwards, Director of Purdue University’s Black Cultural Center, about navigating the higher education landscape while dealing with uncertainty. Ann
In conversation with a first-generation Latinx scholar, this episode centers on how identity, culture, and care shape mentorship and research, and how this pushes back against academic norms not built with us in mind. In
In this episode, Nathaly Santos, JSSS 2025 Scholar, and Stephanie Aguilar-Smith, Assistant Professor at the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, unpack the recent legal challenge to the Hispanic Serving Institutio
Although the population of Latinx student-athletes is growing in the NCAA, they face unique challenges when navigating higher education structures, which until now have been overlooked in research. In this episode, Saul
In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, we explore the growing crisis of healthcare access in rural America with Tashuna Albritton, Associate Medical Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY)
In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, we invited Sifu Karl Romain, a Certified Master Coach, World Martial Arts Champion, Hall of Fame Member, and Best Selling Author to talk with us. Sifu Karl shares
In this episode of Varying Viewpoints, we explore the complex landscape of parental involvement in education, focusing on families from diverse backgrounds. Schools have become focal points for some of the most contentio
The influence of HBCU homecomings stretches far and wide as many PWIs have taken heed in replicating similar experiences for their Black students and alumni. In our final episode highlighting HBCU homecomings, Brandon Ki
In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, we invited Alvin Schexnider, Managing Principal at Schexnider & Associates, LLC, to discuss his book Confessions of a Black Academic. He reflects on his experienc
“So maybe things we haven’t processed, that we haven’t written up that are, perhaps, universal in some way that anyone who reads the book can maybe start to feel courageous enough to say “maybe let me look at my own life
In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, we invited Chef Camerron Dangerfield, an alumnus of Alabama A&M University, for a conversation with Leslie Ekpe, Proctor Institute Visiting Scholar. They discuss
"The HBCU homecoming experience is unmatched - every year seems to be something that we've never seen before in some of the best ways ever." Homecomings are an important part of the HBCU experience as they contribute to
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