The Higher Ed Geek Podcast

By Dustin Ramsdell

Technology Education

What's The Higher Ed Geek Podcast about?

This show will be exploring the lives of diverse professionals to showcase how we all "geek out" about something and how it positively impacts our lives. Hosted by Dustin Ramsdell.

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The Higher Ed Geek Podcast episodes:

01.12.2022 Episode #141: Season 6 Premiere! Find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Make sure to check out new episodes of the podcast starting next week on January 19th! --- Subscribe and listen via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Spotify. Find ...
11.10.2021 Episode #140: Season 5 Finale! Find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- We wrap up this season with a quick episode reflecting on the past year and looking ahead to what is to come next year. --- Subscribe and ...
10.27.2021 Episode #139: Supporting College Student Athletes with Dr. Matthew Raidbard Find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Dr. Matthew Raidbard, college sports administrator, consultant, and author of Lead Like a Pro. Matthew shares his story and his ...
10.20.2021 BONUS Episode #138: The Importance of Dynamic Cybersecurity Education with Ingrid Toppelberg Find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Ingrid Toppelberg, Chief Product Officer at Cybint. Ingrid shares her journey, the importance of her work at Cybint, and ...
10.13.2021 Episode #137: Supporting Faculty Workflows with Rishi Rana Find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Rishi Rana, CXO of PeopleAdmin. We explore the nuances of helping faculty members do their jobs more efficiently so they ...
10.06.2021 BONUS Episode #136: Maximizing Mobile Student Engagement with Full Measure Education Find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guests for this week’s bonus episode are Rohan Thakkar and Dr. Christopher Silva from Full Measure Education. They discuss the importance of modern digital and mobile ...
09.29.2021 Episode #135: Dr. Shirag Shemmassian on Counseling Prospective Students Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Dr. Shirag Shemmassian, Founder and CEO of Shemmassian Academic ...
09.22.2021 BONUS Episode #134: Julia Rogers on the Value of Gap Years for Students Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week's bonus episode is Julia Rogers, founder of EnRoute Consulting. Julia talks ...
09.15.2021 Episode #133: Ayden Berkey on Support College Affordability through Scholarships Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week's episode is Ayden Berkey, co-founder of Access Scholarships. We explore the ...
09.08.2021 BONUS Episode #132: Perspectives on the Power of International Education Programs Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guests for this week’s bonus episode are Nora Nemeth and Mirka Martel from the Institute ...
09.01.2021 Episode #131: Eric Gibbs on Ouriginal, Plagiarism, and Academic Integrity Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Eric Gibbs who is President, Americas at Ouriginal. Eric ...
08.25.2021 REBROADCAST: Julie Peller from Higher Learning Advocates Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Sending out our last rebroadcast episode this week before we come back with new episodes starting ...
07.28.2021 REBROADCAST: James Robilotta on Authentic Leadership Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- While I'm out on summer break, I wanted to reshare this great episode for you all ...
07.14.2021 REBROADCAST: Brian Moon from Sero! Learning Assessments Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- While I'm out on summer break, I wanted to reshare this great episode for you all ...
06.30.2021 Episode #130: Rohan Pasari on How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Higher Education Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Rohan Pasari, co-founder and CEO of Cialfo, where his ...
06.23.2021 BONUS Episode #129: Karan Raturi on upGrad and International Digital Education Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Karan Raturi, General Manager for North America at ...
06.16.2021 Episode #128: Dr. Eva Lantsoght on Compassion Based Teaching Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Dr. Eva Lantsoght who teaches engineering at the university ...
06.09.2021 BONUS Episode #127: Glean Panel - The Pandemic & Student Note-Taking Accommodations Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- For this special bonus episode, I’m sharing out the audio* from a panel I was on ...
06.02.2021 Episode #126: Brian Moon on Applied Concept Mapping in Higher Education Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Brian Moon, President of Sero! Learning Assessments who shares ...
05.26.2021 SA Nerds: Learning from Mistakes As another special bonus this month, I'm reposting the April 2021 episode of the Student Affairs Nerds podcasts where we each share an educational moment from our respective professional journeys.
05.19.2021 Episode #125: Sung Rhee on Helping Students Make Informed College Choices Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Sung Rhee, CEO of Optimal that helps students make ...
05.12.2021 SA Nerds: Job Search Tips As a special bonus, I'm reposting the March 2021 episode of The SA Nerds Podcast, where the panel discusses tips from their various careers for anyone actively job searching or considering job searching in the near future. Also related to ...
05.05.2021 Episode #124: Sarah Baker Andrus on The Future of Work & Career Advice for Students Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Sarah Baker Andrus, Founder of Avarah Careers as well ...
04.21.2021 Episode #123: Karthik Krishnan on MentorWorks and Alternative College Student Financing Models Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Karthik Krishnan, CEO and Co-founder at MentorWorks who gives ...
04.07.2021 Episode #122: Tim Mousseau on Masculinity, Higher Ed, and Sexual Harassment Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Tim Mousseau who is a speaker nationwide on the ...
03.24.2021 BONUS Episode #121: Amrit Ahluwalia on the State of Learner Engagement in Continuing Education Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Amrit Ahluwalia, Editor in Chief of EvoLLLution which ...
03.17.2021 Episode #120: Joshua Kim & Eddie Maloney on Reflections on a Year of Remote Learning Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guests for this week are Drs. Joshua Kim and Eddie Maloney, frequent collaborators on the ...
03.10.2021 BONUS Episode #119: Mike Palmer on Podcasting and What's Trending in Education Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Mike Palmer, who is the host of the ...
02.25.2021 Episode #118: Carlo Salerno on the Economics of College Student Financing Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Carlo Salerno, VP for Research at CampusLogic. Carlo brings ...
02.23.2021 SA Nerds: Predictions for 2021 A cross posted episode from The Student Affairs Nerds podcast, listen to Dustin and the other show panelists discuss some broad predictions for higher ed for the coming year.
02.17.2021 BONUS Episode #117: James Robilotta on Authentic Leadership During Difficult Times Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is James Robilotta who is a speaker, author, podcaster, ...
02.10.2021 Episode #116: Chelsea Young on Supporting Student Success Remotely Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Chelsea Young, VP of Academic Engagement at Northcentral University. ...
02.05.2021 SA Nerds: Goals for 2021 Cross posting this first new episode of 2021 for the Student Affairs Nerds podcast! --- After a brief message about our new name, all of the hosts share some personal and professional goals for the year ahead.
02.03.2021 BONUS Episode #115: Julie Peller on Higher Ed Policy & the Needs of Student Parents Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Julie Peller, executive director of Higher Learning Advocates ...
01.27.2021 Episode #114: Ken Ruggiero on College Student Funding Innovations There is a sale going on THIS WEEK at the merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Ken Ruggiero, Chairman and CEO of Ascent ...
01.20.2021 BONUS Episode #113: Jake Burke on Optimizing University Hiring Systems Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Jake Burke, VP of Sales at SkillSurvey. Jake shares his path to his current role and explains more ...
01.13.2021 Episode #112: George Moore on Cengage, Learning Content, & Embracing Change There is a sale going on THIS WEEK at the merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guest for this week’s episode is George Moore, CTO at Cengage where he ...
01.06.2021 Episode #111: Season 5 Premiere! There is a sale going on next week at the merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- A quick episode to start the new season with a few brief announcements. New ...
12.22.2020 SANerds: 2020 Year in Review Cross posting this 2020 finale episode from the podcast formerly known as The Student Success Innovations Podcast, which is doing a sort of soft reboot of the format and rebrand for next year. It will feature more roundtable episodes and ...
12.02.2020 Episode #110: Season 4 Finale! We have a merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- A quick episode to wrap up the season, reflect on the past year, and look ahead at what is to come. ...
11.18.2020 Episode #109: Appreciative Inquiry in Higher Education We have a merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guests for this week’s episode are Jeanie Cockell and Joan McArthur-Blair who are consulting partners focusing on appreciative inquiry as ...
11.11.2020 BONUS Episode #108: Dr. Glenda Ballard on Seamless Transfer Policies We have a merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Dr. Glenda Ballard, Associate Vice President for Graduate and Professional Studies at St. ...
11.04.2020 Episode #107: Porter Rappleye on Pronto & The Human Side of Digital Learning We have a merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Porter Rappleye, National Director for Higher Education at Pronto. Porter speaks about his journey ...
10.28.2020 BONUS Episode #106: Cathy Lucas on Higher Ed Adaptability We have a merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Cathy Lucas, Vice President of Strategy & External Affairs for the Metropolitan State University ...
10.21.2020 Episode #105: Josie Ahlquist Returns to Discuss Digital Leadership in Higher Ed We have a merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. Our guest for this week’s episode is Dr. Josie Ahlquist, who talks about her new book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education as ...
10.14.2020 BONUS Episode #104: Expanding Digital Accessibility with AudioEye Our guests for this week’s bonus episode are Joel Horwitz of AudioEye and Dave Johndrow from Misericordia University who talk about the importance of digital accessibility work for higher education and how to get started. --- This episode is sponsored ...
10.07.2020 Episode #103: Matt Unger on Roompact and Building an Intentional Business Our guest for this week’s episode is Matt Unger, Founder and President of Roompact a residential education technology company. Matt shares his story of coming up with the idea for Roompact, and how he thoughtfully grows his company to align ...
09.30.2020 BONUS Episode #102: Monisha Longacre on StudentBridge & Digital Enrollment Solutions Our guest for this week’s bonus episode is Monisha Longacre, Chief Operating Officer of StudentBridge. Monisha shares anecdotes from long career in a variety of roles and what drew her to working in education. --- This episode is sponsored by ...
09.23.2020 Episode #101: Valerie Heruska on Transitioning to Higher Ed Tech Our guest for this week’s episode is Valerie Heruska who returns to the podcast and catches us up on her recent professional journey into the world of higher ed tech and reflects on the lessons learned from this transition. --- ...
09.16.2020 Special Message for our 100th Episode! Thanks so much for your support to get us to 100 episodes of the podcast! Make sure to connect with me, I'd love to hear from you! Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn

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The Higher Ed Geek Podcast

What's The Higher Ed Geek Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Higher Ed Geek Podcast episodes:

Episode #141: Season 6 Premiere!

Episode #140: Season 5 Finale!

Episode #139: Supporting College Student Athletes with Dr. Matthew Raidbard

BONUS Episode #138: The Importance of Dynamic Cybersecurity Education with Ingrid Toppelberg

Episode #137: Supporting Faculty Workflows with Rishi Rana

BONUS Episode #136: Maximizing Mobile Student Engagement with Full Measure Education

Episode #135: Dr. Shirag Shemmassian on Counseling Prospective Students

BONUS Episode #134: Julia Rogers on the Value of Gap Years for Students

Episode #133: Ayden Berkey on Support College Affordability through Scholarships

BONUS Episode #132: Perspectives on the Power of International Education Programs

Episode #131: Eric Gibbs on Ouriginal, Plagiarism, and Academic Integrity

REBROADCAST: Julie Peller from Higher Learning Advocates

REBROADCAST: James Robilotta on Authentic Leadership

REBROADCAST: Brian Moon from Sero! Learning Assessments

Episode #130: Rohan Pasari on How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Higher Education

BONUS Episode #129: Karan Raturi on upGrad and International Digital Education

Episode #128: Dr. Eva Lantsoght on Compassion Based Teaching

BONUS Episode #127: Glean Panel - The Pandemic & Student Note-Taking Accommodations

Episode #126: Brian Moon on Applied Concept Mapping in Higher Education

SA Nerds: Learning from Mistakes

Episode #125: Sung Rhee on Helping Students Make Informed College Choices

SA Nerds: Job Search Tips

Episode #124: Sarah Baker Andrus on The Future of Work & Career Advice for Students

Episode #123: Karthik Krishnan on MentorWorks and Alternative College Student Financing Models

Episode #122: Tim Mousseau on Masculinity, Higher Ed, and Sexual Harassment

BONUS Episode #121: Amrit Ahluwalia on the State of Learner Engagement in Continuing Education

Episode #120: Joshua Kim & Eddie Maloney on Reflections on a Year of Remote Learning

BONUS Episode #119: Mike Palmer on Podcasting and What's Trending in Education

Episode #118: Carlo Salerno on the Economics of College Student Financing

SA Nerds: Predictions for 2021

BONUS Episode #117: James Robilotta on Authentic Leadership During Difficult Times

Episode #116: Chelsea Young on Supporting Student Success Remotely

SA Nerds: Goals for 2021

BONUS Episode #115: Julie Peller on Higher Ed Policy & the Needs of Student Parents

Episode #114: Ken Ruggiero on College Student Funding Innovations

BONUS Episode #113: Jake Burke on Optimizing University Hiring Systems

Episode #112: George Moore on Cengage, Learning Content, & Embracing Change

Episode #111: Season 5 Premiere!

SANerds: 2020 Year in Review

Episode #110: Season 4 Finale!

Episode #109: Appreciative Inquiry in Higher Education

BONUS Episode #108: Dr. Glenda Ballard on Seamless Transfer Policies

Episode #107: Porter Rappleye on Pronto & The Human Side of Digital Learning

BONUS Episode #106: Cathy Lucas on Higher Ed Adaptability

Episode #105: Josie Ahlquist Returns to Discuss Digital Leadership in Higher Ed

BONUS Episode #104: Expanding Digital Accessibility with AudioEye

Episode #103: Matt Unger on Roompact and Building an Intentional Business

BONUS Episode #102: Monisha Longacre on StudentBridge & Digital Enrollment Solutions

Episode #101: Valerie Heruska on Transitioning to Higher Ed Tech

Special Message for our 100th Episode!