In this episode, Sarah interviews Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Principal Investigator of the Social Epidemiology to Eliminate Disparities (SEED) Lab at the Ohio State University. Shawnita shares the importance of being authentic and bringing her whole self to her work in order to empower others, particularly underdogs, to do the same.

Related readings and links:

Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson’s OSU Page: https://cph.osu.edu/people/sjefferson

Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson’s Website: https://drsealyjefferson.com/

“Double-consciousness" concept from W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folks:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/double-consciousness/

Tweet where Shawnita offers to do consultations with early-career BIPOC scholars who identify as women: https://twitter.com/Dr_S_Jefferson/status/1269690297157652481

Cash App/Venmo/PayPal info in response to consultation donation/sponsorship offers:

https://twitter.com/Dr_S_Jefferson/status/1269743442978131969

Personality type systems:

https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

https://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new

https://www.123test.com/

CliftonStrengths assessment (formerly Clifton StrengthsFinder):

https://store.gallup.com/p/en-us/10108/top-5-cliftonstrengths

Wayne State University: https://wayne.edu/

Iyanla Vanzant website: https://iyanla.com/

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: July 31, 2020

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