In this episode, I will sit down with Dr. Rogers and have a conversation about diversity and women in leadership. 

 

Dr. Rogers is the Chief Academic Officer for the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. She oversees all educational programs, provides leadership for the faculty, in shaping and articulating a common vision and a sense of vocation for theological education, and she supervises the Academic Life, administrative staff. With experience in the business sector and higher education administration she had previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director of Lange Institute, and Assistant Chaplain at the Lange College in Jackson, TN. 

 

Dr. Rogers earned her Bachelor’s of Science Degree Summa Cum Laude in Mathematics and Secondary Education from Howard University. She has also received her Masters and Ph.D. in Theology from Four Theological Seminary. She is a member of The American Academy of Religion and serves currently as  Co-Chair of the Guills Women of Color Scholarship Teaching and Activism Unit.

           

 

In this episode Dr. Gaye Lang and Deborah Rogers discuss:

• Inviting others to respect the leadership of women of color.
• Addressing unconscious biases.
• The resistance to leadership of black women. 
• The lack of support for African American leadership.

Key Takeaways: 

• Women do not need to emulate men to be good leaders.
• Don’t count yourself out of something because you hold yourself too much too high of a standard. 
• “Develop the habit of integrity when the stakes are low.”

 

“Even today, the bodies of black women can be penalized when we assert control over our own bodies.” - Dr. Deborah Rogers

 

Connect with Dr. Deborah Rogers:

Website: https://www.crcds.edu/

 

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KEYWORDS: 

Diversity, inclusion, equity, tolerance, racism, bias, implicit bias, and explicit bias.  

Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun

 

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