Equity Leadership Now!

Transcript: tinyurl.com/elnepisode25 “We talk about epigenetics and how, you know, you can inherit trauma…I think you can also inherit intergenerational hope and resistance. And so I ,very much, feel like I am my ancestors' wildest dreams. I'm part of that legacy, and knowing that they could dismantle that system and produce all of the Black joy and liberation that I'm able to be a...

transcript: tinyurl.com/elnepisode24 “If we're thinking every day as educators that we're equipping people to be democracy defenders, we're equipping people to have the tools to know how to engage in respectful debate with other people, to be fully participant in their communities, then we are educating them towards civic participation in a way that really works.”- Catherine Lhamon...

transcript:  tinyurl.com/elnepisode23 “The environment has changed, and then the ability to do the work has changed, but our commitment is still in our core.” - Dr. Gina Garcia In this episode of Equity Leadership Now , Dr. Gina Garcia joins host Jabari Mahiri and special guest Mayra Reyes to discuss the current state of higher education for Latinx students. Dr. Garcia discusses the federal design...

transcript: https://tinyurl.com/elnepisode22 In this episode of Equity Leadership Now!, host Jabari Mahiri speaks with Dr. Travis J. Bristol, Associate Professor at the Berkeley School of Education, whose scholarship centers on how education policy shapes teacher workplace conditions and retention, professional learning communities, and the roles of race and gender in schools. He has published ext...

transcript: tinyurl.com/elnepisode21 In this episode of Equity Leadership Now!, host Jabari Mahiri speaks with Dr. Nathaniel Stewart, Assistant Professor in the Education Policy and Leadership Program at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Stewart shares his academic training in educational policy and his research orientation toward critical educational policy analysis, anti-colonial epistemologies,...

transcript: tinyurl.com/elnepisode20 In this episode of Equity Leadership Now!, host Dr. Jabari Mahiri speaks with Dr. Diana Hess, Emerita Dean of the School of Education at UW-Madison. Dr. Hess highlights the intersections of democratic education, academic freedom, and the role of structured dialogue in fostering equitable and participatory learning environments. The conversation transitions to H...

transcript: https://tinyurl.com/elnepisode19 In this episode of Equity Leadership Now!, host Dr. Jabari Mahiri speaks with Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, founding President and current Chief Knowledge Officer of the Learning Policy Institute, about her new book, “District Leadership for Racial Equity: Lessons from School Systems that are Closing the Gap ”, co-authored with Larkin Willis and Desiree Th...

transcript: https://tinyurl.com/5n6tzvd2 In this episode of Equity Leadership Now! , host Dr. Jabari Mahiri, co-host Dr. Jennifer Elemen, and guest Dr. Marina Aminy discuss the intersection of equity, innovation, and access in California's community college system.  Dr. Aminy begins by sharing her personal and professional journey, rooted in her experience as an Afghan refugee and first-gener...

transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3h7hkwd4 In this special episode of Equity Leadership Now!, we are pleased to share Professor Robert B. Reich’s keynote address from the 2025 UC Berkeley School of Education graduation ceremony. Professor Reich is currently the Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Blum Center fo...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/4z5d77bu In this episode of Equity Leadership Now!, host Dr. Jabari Mahiri speaks with Dr. Lora Bartlett, Associate Professor of Education at UC Santa Cruz, about the new book Going the Distance: The Teaching Profession in a Post-COVID World , co-authored with Allison Thompson, Judith Warren-Little, and Riley Collins. Dr. Bartlett highlights that the teaching profes...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/44v8sa76 In this special episode of Equity Leadership Now!, Dr. Jabari Mahiri and members of the 21CSLA professional learning group discuss the core concepts from Dr. George Theoharis's influential work, “The School Leaders Our Children Deserve: Seven Keys to Equity, Social Justice and School Reform”. Each guest from the 21CSLA professional learning group explo...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/nbr8x6r4 ​​In this episode of Equity Leadership Now! Podcast, host Dr. Jabari Mahiri speaks with Dr. Jose Eos Trinidad , Assistant Professor of Education Policy at UC Berkeley, about his scholarship on educational policy, civil society, and institutional change. Trinidad shares more about his background, research, and his new book, Subtle Webs: How Local Organizatio...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3n8aubm2 In this discussion, host Dr. Jabari Mahiri and special co-host Becca Minkoff converse with Assistant Professor of Health and Social Behavior and Community Health Sciences, Dr. Sean Darling-Hammond on his recent study titled, "No Matter How You Slice It, Black Students Are Punished More: The Persistence and Pervasiveness of Discipline Disparities."...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/kv7n2cvp In episode 12 of the Equity Leadership Now! podcast, Dr. Raffaele Pozzi, a professor of musicology and pedagogy at Roma Tre University, discusses the role of music education in shaping democratic and multicultural societies with host Dr. Jabari Mahiri. Dr. Pozzi emphasizes the need for a broader, more inclusive approach to music, where the focus is not only...

Transcript:  https://tinyurl.com/5bwsezne In this discussion, Dr. Jabari Mahiri and Professor Anthony Bryk explore the complexities of educational reform, particularly in relation to high school graduation rates and the dynamics of trust within school systems.  Professor Anthony Bryk, former president of the Carnegie Foundation, shares insights from his book, How a City Learned to Improve Its Scho...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yc8fdd9a In episode 10 of Equity Leadership Now!, Dr. Pedro Noguera explored the interconnectedness of race, class, and socio-economic factors in educational outcomes with host Jabari Mahiri. Dr. Noguera is a prominent educational leader and Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education. He reflected on his journey into educational leadership, beginning as an assistan...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3hbr4bwc “You can’t be what you can’t see,” Chancellor Richard K. Lyons notes in episode 9 of ELN! He describes how he was the only person in his family who pursued a PhD and how UC Berkeley opened that possibility to him. He is also the first UC Berkeley alum to hold the chancellor position, and embodies the leadership qualities that this institution stands for. Bo...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yk2d9jv3 In this episode of Equity Leadership Now! hosted by Jabari Mahiri, the focus shifts to part two of our series on Leadership Programs’ flagship offerings, Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) and Leaders For Equity And Democracy (LEAD). LEAD is a rigorous three-year educational doctorate at the UC Berkeley School of Education, aimed at fostering equity and s...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/37dvrvnk Equity Leadership Now! host Dr. Jabari Mahiri wears many hats including serving as the Faculty Director for Leadership Programs at the UC Berkeley School of Education. In this role, Jabari helps cultivate a diverse community of equity and justice-focused teacher, school, and system leaders.  This episode is part one of a two-part series that features two of...

Transcript:  https://tinyurl.com/uk33kysh The latest episode of the Equity Leadership Now! podcast hosted by Jabari Mahiri features two lively discussions on the future of AI in education, recorded one year apart.  In March of 2023, Dr. Mahiri met with Chris Mah and Hillary Walker to discuss the growing influence of AI and the intersection of technology, education, and equity. Chris Mah, a doctora...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3njwkf2x   In Episode 5, Dr. Jabari Mahiri talks with Dr. Susan Moore Johnson, a former high school English teacher turned prominent Harvard professor specializing in teacher policy, organizational change, and leadership. Johnson has conducted extensive research on effective school environments and the critical role of school leadership in shaping positive and susta...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3axw3k9p   In Episode 4, Professor Jabari Mahiri engages in conversation with Dr. Daniel Solórzano and Dr. Lindsay Pérez Huber. Dr. Solórzano is a Professor of Social Science and Comparative Education and Director of the Center for Critical Race Studies in Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, at the University of California, Los Ang...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/ydbp4ys3 In Episode 3, Professor Jabari Mahiri engages in a conversation with Michelle D. Young, Dean of the Berkeley School of Education.  Young discusses the significance of leadership development and effective learning experiences for school leaders, particularly emphasizing the need for equity-oriented and culturally responsive leadership. Highlighting the impor...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/5n9988ce   In Episode 2, Rebecca Cheung, director of the 21CSLA State Center , delves into her leadership journey and discusses the crucial intersection of equity, leadership, and public education with Professor and 21CSLA Chair Jabari Mahiri. Cheung shares her accidental path to leadership shaped by her experiences as a first-generation immigrant and Asian American...

Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/w5h3vhew In this first episode, Simon Fraser University Assistant Professor Robyn Illten-Gee PhD '19, MA '15 interviews Berkeley School of Education Professor Jabari Mahiri, who discusses what led him to start the Equity Leadership Now! Podcast at the UC Berkeley School of Education (BSE). Mahiri, faculty chair of BSE's Leadership Programs, shares his...