NACADA Presents: Recent Episodes
NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising
NACADA: The Global Community for Academic AdvisingThe NACADA Presents podcast features series focusing on academic advising and student success on a monthly basis. New episodes will be available at noon central the second Monday of each month.
Presented by NACADA Region 10
Guests: Erin Whittig, Assistant Director Placement and Assessment at Writing Center the University of Arizona and Alyx Nelson-Turner, Graduate Assistant Director of Writing Placement and Assessment the University of Arizona
The Podcast's focus is to discuss the lessons past NACADA Presidents learned in their terms, along with sharing an oral history of the association. These special and unique conversations give NACADA members the opportunity to learn from past presidents and hear the stories behind their engagement.
The Podcast's focus is to discuss the lessons past NACADA Presidents learned in their terms, along with sharing an oral history of the association. These special and unique conversations give NACADA members the opportunity to learn from past presidents and hear the stories behind their engagement.
The Podcast's focus is to discuss the lessons past NACADA Presidents learned in their terms, along with sharing an oral history of the association. These special and unique conversations give NACADA members the opportunity to learn from past presidents and hear the stories behind their engagement.
The Podcast's focus is to discuss the lessons past NACADA Presidents learned in their terms, along with sharing an oral history of the association. These special and unique conversations give NACADA members the opportunity to learn from past presidents and hear the stories behind their engagement.
The Podcast's focus is to discuss the lessons past NACADA Presidents learned in their terms, along with sharing an oral history of the association. These special and unique conversations give NACADA members the opportunity to learn from past presidents and hear the stories behind their engagement.
Moderated by Wendy Troxel from the NACADA Center for Research; Guests include Dr. Rebecca Hapes from Texas A&M University and Dr. Locksley Knibbs from Florida Gulf Coast University. In this episode we explore two mixed method studies, highlighting Dr. Hapes’ dissertation, “Thriving In STEM: A Mixed Methods Approach to Describing, Comparing, and Analyzing Factors that Contribute to First-year Student Thriving in a Rigorous STEM Major at a Tier One Institution” and Dr. Knibbs’ dissertation, “Characteristics, Attributes, and Qualifications Public Institutions of Higher Education Seek in Presidential Candidates.” Implications for academic advising are discussed, as well as reflections on the personal and professional journeys of scholar-practitioners.
Wendy Troxel from the NACADA Center for Research hosts Dr. JP Villavicencio from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, to discuss the findings from his dissertation, “Flipped Academic Advising: An Advising Approach Within the Social Work Department at a Regional Comprehensive Four-Year University.” Dr. Villavicenio also describes his use of “action research” design in this study, which has implications for both professional development and appropriate uses of evidence toward important advising-related learning outcomes.
Wendy Troxel from the NACADA Center for Research hosts Dr. Shantalea Johns from Wayne State University, a licensed social worker and active NACADA member and scholar. In this episode we explore important issues related to how academic advisors can best support students who struggle with mental health concerns. We highlight the methods and results from Dr. Johns’ dissertation, “A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding the Factors that Impact Confidence to Offer Support to College Students with Mental Health Concerns” and offer practical tips and strategies for academic advisors who work directly with students in distress.
Moderated by Wendy Troxel from the NACADA Center for Research; Guests include Dr. Rebekah Chojnacki from the University of Texas at Arlington and Dr. Banks Blair from the University of Lynchburg. In this episode we explore the “lived experiences” of students through two lenses, highlighting Dr. Chojnacki’s dissertation, “Sense of Belonging and the Lived Experiences of Students of Color in a Racially Diverse Honors Program” and Dr. Blair’s dissertation, “Separate from Everybody Else: Interpreting the Lived Experiences Of Post-9/11 Veterans At A Senior Military College.”
Moderated by Kacey Gregerson from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Guests include: Liz Sutton from University of Pennsylvania, Lizzy Harman from University of Washington, Olivia Miller from University of Missouri-Kansas City, Edna Renee Macbeth from Virginia Commonwealth University, with special guest NACADA President Kyle Ross from Oregon State University. In this episode, we discuss what's next - what research needs to be done? How can NACADA help? And what conversations do we still need to have?
Moderated by Becky Helms from Troy University; Guests include Banks Blair from University of Lynchburg, Gregory Mason from Penn State, Olivia Miller from University of Missouri - Kansas City, and Lizzy Harman from University of Washington. In the fifth episode of the wellness series, we ask advisors and administrators how they see burnout and how we can try to prevent it (or at least to listen to our bodies). We also ask how to encourage professionals to consider their own personal care.
Moderated by Edna Renee Macbeth from Virginia Commonwealth University; Guests include: Ariel Collatz from University of California, Davis , Cassie Jaquez from Alamo Colleges District, Janelle Hannah-Jefferson formerly with Jackson State University, and CJ Venable with University of Nebraska - Lincoln. In this episode, the panelists discuss the importance of your well-being in connection to social justice and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Moderated by Jake Rudy from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Guests include Martha Lance from University of Vermont, Liz Sutton from University of Pennsylvania, Amy Sosanko from Community College of Allegheny County, and Diana (Di) Dingman from Indiana University. In this episode, we discuss students and their well-being, including if their basic needs are met, mental health, and how we can be advocates for students.
Moderated by Kacey Gregerson; Guests include: Diana (Di) Dingman from Indiana University - Bloomington campus, Siobhán Ní Dhonacha from University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Liz Sutton from University of Pennsylvania. In this episode, the panelists dive into the practice of gratitude, and discuss having positivity without having it turn into toxic positivity. Keep a pen and paper close - there are nuggets of wisdom throughout this one!
In this episode, we discuss well-being and how we consider well-being as advising professionals. We also consider the differences between self-care, well-being, and wellness.Guests include:
- Kacey Gregerson, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
- Edna Renee Macbeth ,Virginia Commonwealth University
- Olivia Miller, University of Missouri - Kansas City
- Lizzy Harman, University of Washington.
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In this episode we discuss trauma associated with being a first-generation and racial and ethnic minority student at predominantly White institutions. Discussants talk about the impact of trauma and how it affects learning in students with multiple minority intersections. Advisors will leave with suggestions about how they can inform intentional advising practice to mitigate issues that may arise.
In this podcast, Dr. Quentin Alexander from George Mason University dialogues with Dr. Evan Long, a former faculty colleague from Longwood University. Dr. Long was a first-generation college student and is now a professor, and a faculty advisor. Dr. Long discusses how his experience as a first-generation college student from his undergraduate studies through his doctoral program informs his advising practices with first-generation college students. He offers tips and advice for all faculty advisors who work with first-generation college students.
This episode features Dr. Lockely Knibbs from Florida Gulf Coast University. The focus is on understanding the different needs of students who are “Black” and how they require a different focus within the realm of academic advising. Not all Black students have an African-American experience, though this is often an assumption most American universities. Dr. Knibbs focuses on the Caribbean Black ethnicity within the Black race with whom he works on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University. This is the first of many podcast discussions about the need to understand the academic advising needs of Black students based on their unique ethnicities.
This brief podcasts includes conversation with Quentin Alexander, chair of the the First-Generation College Student Advising Community and two members of the steering community, Wanda Reyes-Dawes (Promising Practices) and Jacqueline Thomas-Miller (Research and Scholarship). This discussions introduces the intent of the series and gives an overview of sessions to come.
This podcast is a conversation between with Drs. Quentin Alexander (George Mason University) and Erica Brown-Meredith (Longwood University), and their graduate student intern, Haley Tucker (Virginia Tech University) about the development and implementation of the Collaborating with Lancers for Academic Success Program (CLASP) at Longwood University. The participants discuss their experience with the program as well as the components of the program ,and how it positively impacted the academic, emotional, and psychosocial development of first-generation and low-income students.