A new season of Thought Leaders Unplugged is here, featuring Dr. Bridget Turner Kelly and Jazmin Pichardo from the University of Maryland. Join your co-hosts Roger L. Worthington, Timea Webster, Kiyah McDermid and special guest, Daniel Moore for the opening episode of Season 2!

Episode 3 of Thought Leaders Unplugged is here, featuring the remarkable Dr. Carlton E. Green with co-hosts Roger L. Worthington, Timea Webster and Kiyah McDermid! Dr. Carlton E. Green, licensed psychologist, trainer, facilitator, speaker, and consultant, 20 year span in higher education settings focuses on racial identity development and liberation. This thought leader brings us incredible perspective on the functions of whiteness, the role of power, and the need for racial justice in higher education institutions. Dr. Green calls for a paradigm shift and asks us to imagine a world where we prioritize emotional justice and the healing of marginalized communities.

Referenced scholars:

Dr. Janet E. Helms

Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis

Dr. William Liu

Dr. Rossina Zamora Liu

Dr. Richard Shin

Esther A. Arhman

Dr. Maryam Jernigan-Noesi

Roger Worthington, Timea Webster, and Kiyah McDermid get the opportunity to reflect on an interview with Dr. Carlton E. Green, who shares powerful insights around whiteness, power, emotional justice and healing for marginalized communities.

In this episode of "Thought Leaders Unplugged," Dr. Nancy Cantor, a revered figure in academia and Chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark, explores her vision for higher education universities to be catalysts for equitable growth, racial justice, and intentional anchors within the community. Join us as Dr. Roger L. Worthington and Timea Webster provide commentary and analysis for the interview.

Roger, Timea, & Kiyah introduce episode 2 featuring Chancellor Nancy Cantor from Rutgers University-Newark. Chancellor Cantor and the team will discuss anchor institutions as one way of framing equity and justice in higher education. Listen to Episode 2 for more!

Dr. Roger L. Worthington and Kiyah McDermid guide listeners through our first episode of the Thought Leaders Unplugged. In this dialogue, the hosts delve into the specifics of the SCOTUS decision and the ruling's implications for affirmative action in higher education. This episode features Art Coleman, a distinguished civil rights attorney and Managing Partner at the Education Council, and Dr. Julie J. Park, an associate professor at the University of Maryland and one of the leading experts in education policy on race-conscious admissions.

Credits & References:

Parts of the script for this podcast were generated and adapted from material produced by ChatGPT: OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

Music generated by Mubert https://mubert.com/render

Kolodner, M. (2023, June 15). Many flagship universities don’t reflect their state’s Black or Latino high school graduates. The Hechinger Report.

Carnevale, A. P., Mabel, Z., & Campbell, K. P. (2023). Race-Conscious Affirmative Action: What's Next. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

Join Roger Worthington, Timea Webster, and Kiyah McDermid as they examine the most pressing issues of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within higher education. This podcast is sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education.

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