This week we discuss the increasing trend of teachers leaving teaching. And, I recently spoke with Professor Joseph Dippong of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, about his recent paper titled “Vocal Accommodation and Perceptions of Speakers’ Prestige and Dominance.” The paper is to be published in Social Psychology Quarterly, and is co-authored by Will Kalkhoff and Cayce Jamil.

Segment 1 -- Joseph Dippong on “Vocal Accommodation and Perceptions of Speakers’ Prestige and Dominance.”

Segment 2 -- Teacher attrition in context, pre-COVID and now