On this episode of the podcast, Mississippi State DVM student, Sylmia Shepherd and faculty-practitioner, Dr. Noe Galvan, log on to discuss their experiences as individuals from rural backgrounds. They talk about the unique experiences they have had as well as their choices about whether to practice in a rural community in the future.

On this episode of the show, Drs. Amber Labelle, Cristie Kamiya, and Izzy Hijiri discuss issues related to substance abuse and sobriety as professionals. Our chat covers experiences with total abstinence, what sobriety means on a personal level and some of the fears experienced when as a veterinarian you think you might have a problem.

For information on the private FB group mentioned in this episode, please contact the show host at [email protected]!

On this episode of the show, sociologist Jenifer Berry stops by to discuss the evolution of the first-generation student experience. Families are much more complex and students come from a vast array of backgrounds resulting in college experiences that are very much akin to how we've defined the first-gen experience. How do we make institutions #studentready as opposed to making students more #collegeready?

On this episode of Diversity and Inclusion on Air, Drs. Leslie Sprunger and Lisa Meeks discuss the creation of AAVMC Technical Standards Exemplar. The conversation explores ableism in health professions education and how we think about disability.

AAVMC's Technical Standards Exemplar: https://www.aavmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AAVMC-DEI-ExemplarStandards-03.pdf

On this first episode of 2024, the Diversity, Data & Wellbeing team from AAVMC joins forces to answer listener questions! Lisa Greenhill, Kendall Young, Sraavya Polisetti and AAVMC's newest team member, Elisabeth Cavallaro have a fun conversation about a wide range of topics!

Feel free to send questions for us to answer on future episodes at [email protected]!

127: Dr. Latonia Craig, AVMA & DEI by Lisa Greenhill

On this episode of the pod, Dr. Lisa Takami stops by to discuss her new book, Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles. The book features profiles of numerous women in senior leadership positions in higher ed as they share lessons learned about barriers to ascension to leadership for women broadly and women of color specifically. Drs. Greenhill and Takami (the Lisas!) also discuss the role of men and masc-leaning allies and the dearth of research on non-binary and trans academic leaders.

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125: Demographic Data by Lisa Greenhill

On this episode of the podcast, Drs. Lynn Maki and Christina Frank of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Veterinary Medicine stop by to discuss the prevalence of trauma in student backgrounds and the need for trauma-informed teaching.

https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/healthy-academics/strategies/trauma-informed/

https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/trauma-informed-practices-postsecondary-508.pdf

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAMHSA-s-Concept-of-Trauma-and-Guidance-for-a-Trauma-Informed-Approach/SMA14-4884

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/about-progress/id1173416233?i=1000624375638

In early 2023, the American Veterinary Medical Association created the Frederick Douglass Patterson Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize individual contributions to DEI in the veterinary profession. Dr. Willie Reed, dean of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, is the inaugural recipient of this award. Dr. Reed sits down to talk about his personal journey in veterinary medicine and his thoughts on the importance of diversity in the profession.