The Head Nod : Black Life at A PWI

Dr. Rae rounds out the first season! Yup we made it ya'll...and it's a good one. She breaks down what it meant to attend Emory University, which we lovingly dubbed 'EM OR REEE". Going to a PWI (Predominantly White University) hit differently in Atlanta. It was still a good time bering around black culture right outside your door, oh and just casually running into a few rappers, singers and famous black figures was a regular occurrence.

Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist, author, speaker, podcast and television host, nature lover, as well as millennial Black woman, mother, friend, and someone who considers herself to be pretty hilarious. Check out her podcast Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn Grant.

Until next season ya'll keep Head Nodding!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa Young headnods from Davidson College, and she and her new found friends set the tone from day one! Imagine coming into a PWI and changing things for the better from day one! That's the vibe and a true black experience.

Vanessa, a native of DC/PG County, straddles both the corporate and entrepreneurial realms. Leading a high-performance team, she spearheads alliances for a Cybersecurity organization's tier-1 partnerships across the Americas. Additionally, Vanessa is the founder and lead planner of Little Black Book Events, leveraging over 10 years of industry expertise to passionately curate unique and unforgettable experiences for clients.

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

For more information visit: dcpofficial.com/theheadnod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shandra L. McDonald, DPA, is a student success strategist. But it took a lot to get there, she went through a lot of challenges as a student at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and University of La Verne (ULV). It's about triumph and overcoming failures, and maybe a little of connecting over her favorite treats that reminded her of home.

Now she's taken her own experiences to help others. She’s passionate about helping college freshman survive and thrive during their first year and beyond. She knows first-hand what it is like to struggle academically as a college freshman but she didn’t give up. Instead, she developed strategies to transform from Clueless to Cum Laude. Her academic journey has inspired her to create Academic Survival: The Podcast that Helps Freshmen Get to Graduation.

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twila Dang gives us a big Head Nod hailing all the way from Hamline University a PWI we have affectionately labeled "HAM U"! She shares a moment when her father was her biggest advocate, meeting the love of her life oh and you can't attend a school so close to Minneapolis and not meet the purple one Prince himself!

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

For more information visit: dcpofficial.com/theheadnod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LaTrice, shares her PWI (Predominantly White Institution) Experience with us! What's it like being a black student hailing from University of Louisiana - Lafayette? Well, there's that time she was about to be an African Princess, there's this huge crawfish boil like no other, oh and gators live on the campus amongst the students!

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

For more information visit: dcpofficial.com/theheadnod

Black College Experience , Black College Life, Black Podcast,

Black College, Black Colleges, Black Culture

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adell and Anna reflect on all they had to be grateful during their experiences as black college students at Predominantly White Universities (PWI'S).

As Anna reflects on the nostalgia of coming home for the holidays and spending time with her family. Adell recollects a scary time where a holiday trip back to college had her and her friends deciding if they should sleep in a gas station or go with a complete stranger and his offer to drive them back to college?

Oh and we hear more about "Plaid Anna" as she share's more about her journey on self discovery.

Those black experiences...they hit a little differently when all you have is each other.

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

For more information visit: dcpofficial.com/theheadnod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes folk can be a little reckless with what they say and how they interact with others. Sequoia experienced that and more when attending UC Santa Cruz & USC briefly. Hear that and some other stories about some cultural differences we can all relate to, on this weeks episode!

Oh and check out her pod, Black People Love Paramore

Follow Sequioa : IG @sequoiabholmes X @sequoiabholmes

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

For more information visit: dcpofficial.com/theheadnod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sophie & Remi Poindexter are siblings and more importantly friends. They grew up on the University of Delaware campus with their professor mom and then became students themselves. Hear about how different their experiences were especially when COVID hit and you got to keep listening to hear Remi beatbox. It's lit!

Follow Sophie: @Sophpoin

Follow Remi: @remipoindexterart

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

For more information visit: dcpofficial.com/theheadnod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn Brown attended American University in Washington D.C. pretty far from her home in Chicago...but why?! For the men of course! Now, she did make the most of her education, excelling in class, RA life and making some cool friends. But in a city with access to a lot of different Colleges and Universities she would be remiss if she didn't see about a boo thang at all of them! Listen in for all those stories and more!

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

For more information visit: dcpofficial.com/theheadnod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Lit Lit Lit....Fay joins the Head Nod to chat about her time College of Charleston...one of the top party schools! She talks athletic scholarships, awkward black girl moments and what could've been from old letters from school.

Follow Fay IG: @likwuid

Hosts: Adell Coleman & Anna DeShawn

Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall

Distribution: DCP Entertainment & The Qube

Follow Adell: @iamadellcoleman

Follow Anna: @annadeshawn

For more information visit: dcpofficial.com/theheadnod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices