Asian-American Professor, Dr. Leslie Wang, Combined Scholarship and Her Roots (Replay)
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
Release Date: 01/10/2022
The Pivot: Faculty, Leadership, Freedom (Part 1)
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
In this inspiring episode, Dr. Karen Dace reflects on her journey from faculty to academic leadership and how she navigated a transition back into faculty and then retirement after DEI offices were eliminated as part of the current political echochamber. Dr. Dace shares her story of leaving behind a 30-plus year career rooted in advocacy and leadership, and how she reframed her recent retirement not as an ending, but as a new beginning. Still passionate about scholarship and impact, she continues working on a book, proving she is far from finished. Her story is a powerful reminder that...
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Scholarly Pursuits, Entrepreneurship, and Grief: One Woman's Story
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
We know that scholarship is the pursuit of objective truth, and entrepreneurship is the pursuit of a future we build ourselves. But what happens when the ground beneath both of those pursuits is fractured by loss? How does one maintain their research, grow a business, and honor ambitions when grief is sitting at the head of the table? In this episode, we’re stepping into the difficult, often invisible intersection of the mind, the marketplace, and the heart. This episode is about building on broken ground and finding out what remains when the world as we knew it changes. Dr. Chinasa Elue,...
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Workplace Trauma, Tone-Policing, and Racial Bias, What to Do? (Part 2)
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
It's a fact. Honest conversations about workplace trauma are often avoided or even dismissed, especially when related to Black women and women of color. In this episode, we continue to center the voices and experiences of Black women navigating workplace trauma, racial bias, and the unique challenges within higher education. My guest, Ms. Ruth Abban, a psychotherapist who practices in the U.K., and I explore what workplace trauma looks like, how racial bias shapes opportunity and advancement, and the lasting impact these experiences have on identify, well-being and career...
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Workplace Trauma, Tone-Policing, and Racial Bias - What to Do?
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
Have you ever been tone-policed as a Black woman or woman of color? Or appointed to a role only to be removed when someone's discomfort outweighs your credentials? In academia, experiences and patterns like these that shape professional identity, leadership access, and psychological safety are not isolated incidents. In this This Prof Life episode, I sit down with Ms. Ruth Abban, an integrative psychotherapist based in London, for Part 1 of a critical conversation on workplace trauma, racial identity, and bias in academic spaces. In the episode, we discuss: Tone-policing and...
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Mentorship and Meaning in Higher Education
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
Relaunch of This Prof Life: Women of Color in Higher Education Podcast! In this episode, Dr. Pat Sanders, offers a candid discussion on mentorship and sponsorship in higher education, with a particular focus on the lived experiences of Black women and women of color. Drawing from personal insight and professional observations, the episode examines the assumption that mentorship is inherently neutral or universally beneficial. This episode explores how mentoring relationships for Black women and other women of color are often shaped by racialized and gendered labor expectations, requiring...
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One Woman's Story: Reaching the Executive Suite in Academic Leadership
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
Great food, fine wines and higher education are three of Dr. Yvonne Friedman's loves. Better known as Dr. Y, she shares her passion for all three and her climb up the executive ladder to become a vice president in the student affairs arena. While her story is very similar to other women of color who work in the academy, this petite, Mexican American, latina says after several moves, she is very content where she is at Coastal Carolina University, but is always looking towards the future. In addition to leading well, she wants to coach and mentor other women and women of color in who are...
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Bringing Cultural Talks to the Table: Black Studies and Experiences in Cuba
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
Living and studying as a Black woman in Cuba led Dr. Kaifa Roland to write not only one book but two about her experiences. She is currently Director of Global Black Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Clemson University. Join this delightfully intellectual conversation that centers around her cultural research which focuses on Cuba and the African Diaspora in the Caribbean. She has penned a variety of articles and chapters describing the black experience. You won't be disappointed as she speaks about the tourism industry, entrepreneurshp, national identity, racial...
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It is Time For Rebellion: Planning Your Next Career Move
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
Have you felt stuck lately? Are you looking for inspiration and motivation to make your next move? Dr. Carol Parker Walsh has experienced it all from being a corporate attorney, to higher education administrator, and now as her own boss. On this episode of This Prof Life, Dr. Parker Walsh shares her journey of being authentically true to herself and living out her values, through autonomy and creativity. She shares ways to get unstuck from indecision along with some very important pieces of advice: Do an internal audit - ask what else can I do? Make sure you decide how you...
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Connecting Historical Stories to Academic Research with Dr. Yovanna Pineda
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
Myths, tractors, rumors, coin collections, stories. They are all part of Dr. Yovanna Pineda's path of research. A Guatemalan-American Professor of History connects stories that are developed through machinery and agriculture. It may sound different, somewhat nerdy, even. But, you are in for a treat with this soon-to-be second time book author located at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Pineda also shares the challenges she has faced while working to be promoted to the next level of the professoriate. Listen in on this delightful conversation with Dr. Pat Sanders, a thought leader...
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Creative or Traditional Scholarship: Is One Better Than the Other?
This Prof Life Podcast: Women of Color in Higher Education
Do you consider your work to be "creative" or "traditional" scholarship? This week's guest, Dr. Kimberly Garza, says you can do both, successfully. A creative writer and professor of literature, Dr. Garza has recently published a book that includes three different languages- one for each of the ethnic backgrounds that she proudly claims. She makes it a priority to share authors of Latin descent with her students at the University of Texas- San Antonio, which has a large Hispanic population. In this episode of "This Prof Life: Women of Color in Higher Education" join Dr. Pat Sanders...
info_outlineEnjoy this past episode with Dr. Leslie Wang who has experienced perks and drawbacks while living and teaching as an Asian American woman in the U.S. On this episode, she speaks to us about:
1. Her experiences in the academy.
2. Her journey home to China in an attempt to find her roots.
3. Her research and work on children adopted from China.
4. Asian hate.
5. Coaching women.
You can find more about her on her website, https://www.lesliekimwang.com/about, or https://www.drpatsanders.com/
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