Join us on this week’s Black Doctors Talk Podcast which features our guest, Dr. Doreen M. Hatcher who speaks to us on the topics of higher education administration and transitioning into leadership at the university level. Dr. Hatcher is a veteran administrator in higher education and provides very personal insights into her experience in carving out your own lane to serve the university and its students. Dr. Hatcher is currently a university administrator who serves as the Special Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, while maintaining a passion for helping students transition to college through meaningful engagement.

During the podcast, Dr. Hatcher shares that she is the product of two teenage parents who were growing up while also parenting. She also had a very high expectation for education. Early on she always knew that she wanted to be a writer and enjoyed learning and sharing stories. However, life always throws curve balls in places and situations that were never expected. After graduating with an undergraduate degree, Dr. Hatcher entered the world of higher education as an Administrative Assistant and has been serving in higher education for the past 20 years. While not beginning a career as a writer, Dr. Hatcher shares that her journey to the doctorate ended by experiencing a full circle moment and she is now living out her dream, not only as a recipient of a doctorate degree, but also writing and sharing stories as she has long desired to do as a child. While the journey to earning a doctorate degree is not easy, she drops gems on the need for support, committing to the process, and maintaining your relationship after graduation.

Dr. Hatcher earned her Doctor of Educational Leadership degree from California State University, Fresno, Master of Art in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix, and BS in Journalism (Magazine/Public Relations) from University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Hatcher is both a wife and mother and has future aspirations to continue to write and publish.