Got Work To Do Podcast

Brandi speaks to Jonathan Stoll, Director of Career Education and Colin Cole, LEEP PhD Candidate about their podcast Soul Force Ones. They also talk about hip hop pedagogy and student activism. 

In the Season Two Premiere, Brandi talks with Nicole Hindes, Assistant Director and Miguel Arellano, Basic Needs Navigator about their work in the Human Services Resource Center. They also speak about life during the pandemic. 

Brandi closes out the first season of the Got Work To Do podcast. In this episode, she shares her reflections of the podcast and her thoughts about the state of the nation today. This episode was recorded a week after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer. Brandi takes a moment to vocalize the emotional and mental weight she carries as a Black woman and a Higher Education professional.  

Brandi talks with Dr. Allison Davis-White Eyes, Director of Community Diversity Relations in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Dr. Larry Roper, Professor in the School of Language, Culture and Society about the trajectory of diversity, equity and inclusion at Oregon State University. This conversation is full of wisdom nuggets!

Brandi talks with Scott Emery, Director of IT Relations and Chrysanthemum Hayes, Associate Director, Institutional Analytics and Reporting, about the relationship between technology and social justice. They also talk about a few of their favorite things.

Brandi talks with Naomi Fitter, Assistant Professor of Robotics and Sarah Hagen, 6th year PhD student in Mathematics, about their journeys and experiences as women in STEM and in comedy. A fun conversation that also covers their love of music including the start of a jam band and the jubilation of a new comic joining the scene.

Brandi talks with Allyson Dean, is Communications, Research and Policy Manager in the Office of the Registrar and Whitney Archer, Associate Director in Diversity and Cultural Engagement and the Assistant Director of the Hattie Redmond Women and Gender Center, about the history and role of faculty & staff affinity groups at OSU. They also talk a bit about drag culture and their personal histories in drag performance.

Brandi speaks with Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi, Associate Professor in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and the Director of the Difference, Power and Discrimination Program at OSU and Dr. Kate MacTavish, Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Sciences and Director of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, about creating inclusive and equitable learning environments. We also hear about their journeys into social justice stemming from their families and their favorite places in Corvallis.

Brandi talks to Natalia Fernández, Associate Professor, Curator, Archivist of the Oregon Multicultural Archives and Co-Founder of the Queer Archives at OSU and Raven Waldron, 2nd year Doctor of Pharmacy student, Co-Founder of RAD, campus leader and activist, about activism, coalition building, and the creation of a new scrap booking podcast.

Brandi talks with Scott Vignos, Assistant Vice President for Strategic Diversity Initiatives in the Office of Institutional Diversity...aka her supervisor...about the work of OID since its inception in February 2016, a bit about the work he does and to learn more about this man of mystery.