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Tune in with co-hosts Drs. Felecia Commodore and Royel Johnson spotlight scholarly innovation, storytelling, and social impact. Whether you’re a faculty member, graduate student, or higher education professional, The Bend in the Arc invites you to witness the creativity that is reshaping scholarship and hear the stories that are bending the arc of higher education toward a more just and vibrant future.
To access the full transcript and/or captions, please visit www.ashe.ws/news/podcast-4-1
To access the full transcript and/or captions, please visit www.ashe.ws/news/podcast-4-1
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In this first episode of Season 4, Dr. Commodores and Johnson chat with ASHE President Dr. Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher about her scholarship, this year's theme, and all the ways in which the arc is bending in higher education.Access transcript and closed captions at: www.ashe.ws/news/podcast-4-1
This episode explores the evolving role of scholars across different career stages, examining how their approaches to scholarship, teaching, and service have adapted to the changing academic landscape. Panelists will reflect on the lessons they've learned throughout their careers and offer insights into how to maintain passion for their work, navigate institutional challenges, and effectively mentor the next generation of academics.
This episode features conversations with senior scholars. We want to acknowledge and dedicate this episode to a senior scholar who we sadly lost this year. In addition to being a renowned scholar, Dr. Caroline Turner served as chair of ASHE’s Council for Ethnic Participation and as ASHE President. She was a mentor to many in the field and a friend to even more. While Dr. Turner is no longer with us, her legacy lives on through her students, friends, and colleagues. This episode is dedicated to her.
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In this episode, Drs. Commodore and Johnson engage with established scholars across diverse roles—ranging from academia to leadership in professional organizations—about how their scholarly identities have evolved alongside the increasing demands of their careers. The discussion will explore how they navigate professional responsibilities, such as leadership positions and recognition in their fields, while also balancing personal commitments like caregiving and pursuing opportunities beyond traditional academic paths.
In this episode, Drs. Commodore and Johnson engage with scholars at different stages of their careers—ranging from early-career assistant professors to a senior research associate outside the tenure track—to discuss the diverse ways they navigate the field after earning their doctoral degrees. The conversation will explore how they continue to shape their scholarly identities, address the challenges facing higher education, and contribute to the future of the field from both within and beyond traditional academic roles.
In this episode, Drs. Commodore and Johnson engage with graduate students and postdocs to explore what it means to enter the field of higher education at a time when it is under attack by state legislatures. The conversation will also delve into how these emerging scholars envision the future of higher education through their own research and scholarship.
In this first episode of Season 3, Dr. Commodores and Johnson chat with ASHE President Dr. Jeni Hart about this year’s theme and was in which it challenges the ASHE community to not only consider our own identities as scholars, but to consider who we are as a scholarly community.
In this session, Drs. Commodore and Johnson discuss with panelists how they are chartering new possibilities for the future of higher education. Guests offer insight into challenges and opportunities they have encountered while navigating institutional politics to implement transformative research and practice. They share practical recommendations for others seeking to drive change in academia within their spheres of influence.
In this episode, Drs. Commodore and Johnson discuss the social, political and economic forces that shape college affordability. From SCOTUS’ recent decision on student debt loan forgiveness to shrinking state funding for public higher education, guest panelists Dr. Dominique Baker and Tia Caldwell offer insight into the price students pay for college.
In this episode, Drs. Commodore and Johnson discuss with panelists the myriad of forces that are impacting access to higher education. They delve into the recent Affirmative Action decision, lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other imminent shifts that pose challenges to expanding college access for underserved populations. Panelists share insightful reflections and practical strategies for individuals and institutions committed to advancing equity.
In this episode, Drs. Commodore and Johnson delve into the important role that state and institutional governing boards play in advancing equity in higher education and beyond. Panelists reflect on the purposes, politics and practices that shape governing bodies and their impact on effort to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
In this episode, Drs. Commodore and Johnson engage with scholars about the purpose(s) of higher education and the challenging social and political forces that impact college and universities from fulfilling their mission. Panelists reflect on the history of higher education and what lessons we might learn from to chart a more equitable and just future at this critical juncture. Guest Panelists: Drs. Bryan Brayboy (Lumbee) and Linda Eisenmann.
In this first episode of the season, Drs. Commodore and Johnson chat with ASHE President, Dr. Martínez-Alemán about this year’s conference theme and her commitment to seeing beyond the well-tended roses ‘out front’ in higher education, to quote Gwendolyn Brooks. She shares insights about her scholarship, hopes for the podcast, and what we can expect at this year’s convening in Minnesota.
In this episode, Podcast Series Co-hosts Drs. Commodore and Johnson talk with scholars and those on the front lines of the push back against empowering the next generation and restricting factual teaching in K-12 and beyond.
Drs. Commodore and Johnson engage with scholars of institutions who have missions to serve the underserved and to better understand what “servingness” truly means.
In this episode, Podcast Series Co-hosts Drs. Commodore and Johnson engage with scholars to discuss the issues we’re facing in higher education (and beyond)--“the great resignation,” burn out, and overall dehumanizing working conditions–and how we can humanize a Post-COVID workplace for faculty, staff, and students.
While the saying goes “easier said than done,” Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles has dedicated her professional career to humanizing higher education. In this first episode of the series Drs. Commodore and Johnson introduce the podcast series and discuss with Dr. Gaston Gayles her hopes for the podcast, ASHE, and higher education scholarship.
Drs. Commodore and Johnson engage with scholars to understand the importance of designing and conducting ethically and morally responsible research that humanizes people and communities.
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