In this week's episode, guest expert, Lyssa Palu-ay, Dean, Office of Justice, Equity, and Transformation at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, joins us to talk about the joy of teaching, leading, and doing social justice work at the first public independent art college in the United States and about her really phenomenal career journey. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Magdalena Barrera, Vice Provost for Faculty Success and Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Diego State University and co-author of The Latinx Guide to Graduate School, joins us to talk about her recently published book, the retention and mentoring of historically underserved faculty and students and her work on Jennifer Lopez. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Jennifer Ruth, Professor of Film at Portland State University in Portland Oregon, frequent contributor at the Academe blog, and co-author of It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom, joins us to talk about academic freedom, the rise of fascism on our campuses, and the consequences of speaking up in the academy. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Karyn Sproles, Dean of Faculty Development and Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland and author of the recently published book Thriving: 9 Guiding Principles for Women in Higher Education, joins us to talk about her book, the opportunities and challenges of being a woman in higher education, and how to plan a realistic summer break. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Dominique Baker, Associate Professor of Education Policy at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, joins us to talk about her career path, advice for faculty, and a current project that she is working on that critiques the intersection of media, race, and student loans. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Ariana González Stokas, Equity inclusion and diversity expert and author of recently published Reparative Universities: Why Diversity Alone Won’t Solve Racism in Higher Education, joins us to talk about her book, her career journey, advice she has for those doing DEI work in higher ed, and the importance of prioritizing joy. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Blanca Vega, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, joins us to talk about her work on color evasive frames used in higher education and strategies for supporting faculty advancement, especially women of color. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Dawn Kiyoe Culpepper, Associate Director & Research Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland’s ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence, joins us to talk about the challenges faculty faced while caring for children during the pandemic, work she has done on taking an equity minded approach to faculty workload, and some recommendations for best practices in this area. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Sharon Stein, Assistant Professor of Education at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada and author of Unsettling the University: Confronting the Colonial Foundations of US Higher Education. joins us to talk about decolonization in the context of higher education, the challenges of teaching in this context, and the future of higher education and the difficulty of imagining a different future. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

In this week's episode, guest expert, Sophia Lindner, Doctoral Student and Dean’s Emerging Scholar at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the U.S., joins us to talk about her work on racial backlash and the CRT wars, racial stratification in Cuba and how COVID impacted her work. Feel free to share your thoughts and responses with us on Instagram or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/