FOR FACULTY PAVING PATHS WITH THEIR STUDENTS - Dr. Alan Dow (he/him) is a hospitalist, writer, and educator who makes it a habit to empower his students to explore and achieve whatever they dream up. From connecting people with each other to finding resources for his students to giving advice on navigating professional spaces, Dr. Dow figures out a way to help students pave the paths that might not have existed before. Although this path-making ability may seem rare, Dr. Dow and Victoria (she/her) discuss mindsets, approaches, and tools to help each of us develop into the faculty members we needed for ourselves. When combined with Care and Courage, skilled Mentorship can help build the intergenerational communities we need to make real changes in our community.

You can read more about effective faculty allyship in this article that Dr. Dow, Sarah Beaverson (ep6), and Susie Turkson (ep4) wrote with Victoria: https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2022/06000/Empowering_Student_Antiracist_Work_to_Overcome.38.aspx

Music: Joe CheyCover art: Miguel Alt (@altarcana)You can find me on Instagram and Twitter at @vmdwip

[Victoria Ngo and her guests do not represent the official opinion of any institution they may be affiliated with, nor do they necessarily endorse each others' opinions. In fact, these episodes may not even reflect their own beliefs a year from now, as we are all learning and growing together.]