Assistant Director of Recruitment, Outreach, and Communication Danielle Thoma joins Talking Eds this week. She shares her experience as a first-generation college student, and how she balances working in higher education, graduate school, and starting a family.

Four faculty members, Mark Gooden, Richard Reddick, Joshua Childs, and Terrance Green, from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy talk with host Jack Weisberger. In this episode, they talk about higher education, and how institutions can recruit and retain faculty members of color.

LaToya Smith talks with host Jack Weisberger about her path through higher education, working in student affairs, as Title IX Coordinator, and her new position as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student Services. They talk in detail about her experience working with Title IX policies on the UT campus, and how national trends can impact local communities.

Associate Professor Richard Reddick joins Talking Eds to discuss the role that mentorship has played in his life and career. Reddick shares with host Jack Weisberger the story of how he ended up at UT, and the mentors that played specific parts in shaping his career along the way. They also discuss the role a professor plays in a doctoral student's decisions for their research and specialization.

Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin stops in this episode of Talking Eds. We discuss his background and how he got into higher education, his new role as department chair. We also dive into the latest Texas legislative session, and talk about how the current political climate is shaping the future.

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