Varying Viewpoints

Varying Viewpoints

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute

Episodes 83
Avg. Duration 34m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Jul 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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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.

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Episode 83: From Potential to Power: Strategies for Black Women’s Success

Mar 03, 2026 34m

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…

Episode 82: Why I Stayed, Why I Left: HBCU Faculty in Motion

Nov 21, 2025 24m

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…

Episode 81: Achievement Unlocked: Black Males, Video Games & Academic Success

Oct 02, 2025 19m

African American males face significant challenges in pursuing quality education, often encountering systemic barriers that result in disparities in academic achievement, economic opportunities, and…

Episode 80: Pivoting with Purpose: Navigating Higher Education During Uncertainty

Sep 29, 2025 38m

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…

Episode 79: Rewriting The Academy Con Cariño, Cultura Y Comunidad

Sep 24, 2025 40m

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…

Episode 78: The 25% Question: Unpacking the Legal Attack on HSIs

Sep 17, 2025 34m

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…

Episode 77: Rewriting The Gameplan: Latinx Student-Athletes Navigating Higher Education

Sep 10, 2025 28m

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.…

Episode 76: Rural Health and Access to Care: A Worsening Dilemma

Aug 06, 2025 42m

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…

Episode 75: From Setback to Mastery: Lessons in Becoming Unbreakable

May 14, 2025 26m

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…

Episode 74: Raising Achievers: Critical Analysis of Parental Involvement

Apr 16, 2025 21m

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…

Episode 73: Influence of HBCU homecomings on PWIs

Jan 12, 2025 30m

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…

Episode 72: Confessions of a Black Academic

Jan 04, 2025 38m

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…

Episode 70: A Therapeutic Conversation with blackwildgirl author, Menah Pratt

Dec 05, 2024 30m

“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…

Episode 71: Black-Owned Businesses at HBCU Homecomings

Nov 16, 2024 27m

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…

Episode 69: For the Culture: Highlighting HBCU Alumni Homecoming Experiences

Nov 02, 2024 40m

"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…

Episode 68:Booked and Busy: HBCU Library Alliance Summer Preservation Interns

Oct 17, 2024 12m

Booked and Busy is a limited podcast series sponsored by The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. This series explores the dynamic world of library archives; and dives…

EP 67: Hispanic-Enrolling to Hispanic-Serving in STEM

Oct 10, 2024 43m

In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, we invited Paul Bigby, a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech, to serve as our podcast facilitator for our guests, including Marla Franco, Vice…

EP 66: Resisting Assimilation in Rhetoric & Composition Spaces: Strategies for Instructors

Oct 04, 2024 1h 7m

In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series one of our John Smartt Summer Scholars, Genoveva Vega, hosted an episode with Romeo Garcia, an Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric…

EP 65: It’s a *Different* World: How HBCUs Prepare Black Students for Professional Environments

Sep 17, 2024 33m

In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, one of our John Smartt Summer Scholars, Meiyah Hill, hosted an episode with KaJéza Hawkins, an alumni of Wilberforce University and current…

Episode 64: Embracing Identity: How HBCUs can empower Queer Black students with JaMareous Thompson

Aug 22, 2024 30m

In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, one of our John Smartt Summer Scholars, JaMareous Thompson hosted an episode with Timmy Bridgeman, an alumnus of Tougaloo College and current…

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