AAVMC's On Air: Conversations about Issues in Veterinary Medicine

On this episode of the show, sociologist Jenifer Berry stops by to discuss the evolution of the first-generation student experience. Families are much more complex and students come from a vast array of backgrounds resulting in college experiences that are very much akin to how we've defined the first-gen experience. How do we make institutions #studentready as opposed to making students more #col...

On this episode of Diversity and Inclusion on Air, Drs. Leslie Sprunger and Lisa Meeks discuss the creation of AAVMC Technical Standards Exemplar. The conversation explores ableism in health professions education and how we think about disability. AAVMC's Technical Standards Exemplar: https://www.aavmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AAVMC-DEI-ExemplarStandards-03.pdf

On this first episode of 2024, the Diversity, Data & Wellbeing team from AAVMC joins forces to answer listener questions! Lisa Greenhill, Kendall Young, Sraavya Polisetti and AAVMC's newest team member, Elisabeth Cavallaro have a fun conversation about a wide range of topics! Feel free to send questions for us to answer on future episodes at diversitymatters@aavmc.org!

127: Dr. Latonia Craig, AVMA & DEI by Lisa Greenhill

On this episode of the pod, Dr. Lisa Takami stops by to discuss her new book, Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles. The book features profiles of numerous women in senior leadership positions in higher ed as they share lessons learned about barriers to ascension to leadership for women broadly and women of color specifically. Drs. Greenhill and Takami (the Lisas!) also...

125: Demographic Data by Lisa Greenhill

On this episode of the podcast, Drs. Lynn Maki and Christina Frank of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Veterinary Medicine stop by to discuss the prevalence of trauma in student backgrounds and the need for trauma-informed teaching. https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/healthy-academics/strategies/trauma-informed/ https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/trauma-informed-practices-po...

In early 2023, the American Veterinary Medical Association created the Frederick Douglass Patterson Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize individual contributions to DEI in the veterinary profession. Dr. Willie Reed, dean of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, is the inaugural recipient of this award. Dr. Reed sits down to talk about his personal journey in veterinary medicine...

On this episode of the show, Dr. Heather Fedesco, AAVMC Assistant Director of the Spectrum of Care Initiative, joins me to discuss the need for more skill-building in conflict resolution. Heather gives great advice on navigating conflict!

On this episode of the pod, Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky of UMN-CVM and Maurice Cottman of WSU-CVM stop by to chat about the continuum of free speech. We talk about cancel culture, no no words, conflict, consequences and what academic veterinary medicine can do to step up in creating learning environments where folks can thrive! Post-show resources: Sensoy, O., & DiAngelo, R. (2017). Is everyone re...

On this episode of the pod, Drs. Katherine Fogelberg, Tina Tran and Jean-Yin Tan join Dr. Greenhill in discussing the unique experiences of Asian women faculty in academic veterinary medicine.

On this episode of the pod, Michael Wilson, Director of Convention and Meeting Planning for the American Veterinary Medical Association stops by to discuss ways veterinary organizations can make their meetings more inclusive for everyone. AAVMC's Conference/Symposia Diversity & Inclusion Assessment Tool: https://bit.ly/41rV6ia

On this episode, Dr. Sonya Gyjuan Smith, Chief Diversity Officer at the American Dental Education Association, stops by to discuss the two US Supreme Court cases involving college admissions, SFA v. Harvard and SFA v. University of North Caroline. She takes us through the legal questions being discussed as well as offers some recommendations on preparing for the decision that is expected to be han...

On this special bonus episode of the podcast, Dr. Greenhill takes some time to chat with Dr. Patricia Lowrie, namesake of the Patricia M. Lowrie Diversity Leadership Scholarship, and this years scholarship awardee, Alexandra Awad.

On this episode of the show, Drs. Kemba Marshall and Cherice Roth join Purdue University 1st year DVM student Bryson Satterwhite to talk about Black hair and professional spaces. They discuss self-acceptance, the professional implications of wearing Black natural hair, and enduring the frequent violation of being touched by people who are curious about their hair. A live and engaged audience takes...

On this episode of the show, Dr. Greenhill interviews the 2023 Iverson Bell Awardee, Dr. Rustin Moore, dean of The Ohio State University. Dean Moore discusses his efforts to improve diversity and institutional climate at OSU. Dean Moore was formally recognized at the 2023 Catalyze Conference in Washington, DC on March 11, 2023.

113: The DEI Commission by Lisa Greenhill

114: Pawsibilities by Lisa Greenhill

112: Dean Diversity - The Latine Deans! by Lisa Greenhill

On this episode of AAVMC's Diversity and Inclusion on Air, leaders from the Diversify Veterinary Medicine Coalition stop by to discuss the initiative and how it seeks to improve diversity and inclusion in the profession. Drs. Jennifer Ogeer, Kemba Marshal and Courtney Campbell join the conversation!

On this episode of the podcast, Drs. Andrew Hoffman, Craig Stephen, and Christina Pettan-Brewer stop by to discuss the role that veterinary medicine can and should play in advancing environmental justice. Dr. Hoffman is the dean of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Stephen is a faculty member at Ross University, and Dr. Pettan-Brewer is faculty at the University o...

In this episode, Drs. Evelyn Galban (UPenn) and Kevin Leonard (MSU) discuss land acknowledgments, why they are important, what elements they should include and how to make them actionable. Dr. Greenhill also opens the show with AAVMC's new Land, Knowledge & Labor Acknowledgment.

On this episode, Dr. Jay Dolmage, author of Academic Ableism, discusses the impacts of our return to normalcy after two years home during the COVID pandemic. We talk about the persistence of ableism and how we should all be thinking differently in a collective effort to make veterinary medicine and veterinary education more accessible to a wider range of individuals. Dr. Dolmage was an AAVMC Keyno...

On this episode, DEI staff Richard Barajas of UW-Madison and Melanie Ragin of Cornell stop by to discuss social colorblindness. If you or someone you know has ever said "Hey, I don't even see color" when discussing race, this episode explores the ideology, what is really meant by the statement and how it all serves to uphold racism and other forms of discrimination. The Dangers of Colorblind Socia...

On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Adilia James of Endicott College revisits the show to discuss her research on racism in veterinary medicine. Her recent paper describes the stories we tell ourselves about pet ownership across, and even sometimes within, race. These racialized narratives have the ability to shape the way veterinarians and other veterinary professionals view pet owners whose race...