NASPA Leadership Podcast

In this podcast, we transition hosts from Myles Surrett to John Mark Day. Myles currently serves as the Associate Director of Campus Activities and Events at Clemson University. Additionally, Myles is the SLPKC Communications Team Leader and the founder, content creator, and host of the past 53 NASPA Leadership Podcast episodes. We are thankful for all Myles has done to get the podcast to where it...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Lindsay Hastings and Dr. Cindy Kane, the editors of the newly released New Directions in Student Leadership issue. Lindsay is the Clifton Professor in Mentoring Research and Director of Nebraska Human Resources Institute. Cindy is the Special Assistant to Provost for Strategic Initiatives at Bridgewater State University and also serves as the Director of Stude...

In this final episode of our five-part series with Dr. Kathy Guthrie and Dr. Dan Jenkins on their new book, The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning you get to learn more about our guests as individuals and learn about the final chapters of the book, Chapters 8-17. Kathy shares what she misses most about the Midwest and Dan shares his favorite video game from the 80s. Kathy and Dan...

Episode 51 continues our five-part series with Dr. Kathy Guthrie and Dr. Dan Jenkins on their new book, The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning. In this episode, you’ll get to learn fun facts about Dan and Kathy such as Dan’s favorite running song, books that Kathy plans to write in the future, and more. The rest of the episode focuses on chapters 5-7 of the book including a compar...

In Episode 50 we continue our five-part series with Dr. Kathy Guthrie and Dr. Dan Jenkins on their new book, The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning. In this episode, you’ll learn even more about Kathy and Dan, such as how Kathy’s daughter has helped her develop and Dan’s experience and passion for playing the piano. The episode then focuses on Chapter 4 of the book on learner-cent...

In Episode 49 we continue our five-part series with Dr. Kathy Guthrie and Dr. Dan Jenkins on their new book, The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning. In this episode, you’ll learn more about Kathy and Dan, such as their connection to the city of Tampa, Florida. Then Kathy and Dan talk about Chapters 1-3 of their book including the leadership education as a professional identity, th...

Episode 48 kicks off the first in a five-part series with Dr. Kathy Guthrie and Dr. Dan Jenkins on their new book, The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning. In this episode, you’ll get to know Kathy and Dan as individuals. Kathy and Dan talk about how they got into leadership education and what inspired them to write this book. They then dive into details of the book such as the boo...

In Episode 47 we are joined by Erika Cohen Derr, Associate Dean in Student Affairs at Georgetown University and Melissa Rocco, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer for the Center for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education. You’ll learn about Erika’s brush with culinary royalty, her relocation to Arlington, TX and her favorite books about leadership. Melissa will share her thoughts on strawberry-...

In Episode 46 we are joined by Melissa Kish, Director of Education and Leadership Development for the North-American Interfraternity Conference, to talk about Greek Leadership. You’ll get to know about Melissa’s experience in Muncie, Indiana, her struggles raising a chihuahua, where she plans to travel next and more! Melissa shares her knowledge on the similarities and differences of Greek leaders...

In this episode, we talk with three different leadership practitioners to discuss current trends in leadership programs on their campuses. We hope that these conversations spark a new idea for you or provide knowledge on how to address any challenges you may be facing in this area on your campus. We are first joined by Taylor Stokes, the Assistant Director, Leadership Initiatives in the Brown Cent...

In this episode, recorded at the 2018 Annual NASPA Conference in Philadelphia, PA, we are joined by the incoming co-chairs of the NASPA Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community, Avani Rana and Sean Ryan. Currently, Avani is the Director of Leadership at the College of New Jersey and Sean is the Associate Director of Fraternity Life and Experiential Leadership Education at Dickinson College....

In episode 43, we're excited to engage in a conversation on student leadership and career readiness in partnership with the Student Career Development KC and New Directions in Student Leadership series. Drs. Kelli Smith of Binghamton University and Gayle Spencer and Gail Rooney of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign bring amazing knowledge to the topic. Listen in for thoughts on student...

In episode 42, we are thrilled to be joined by Duke's Katie Colleran, Clemson's Kate Radford, and the University of Miami's Andrew Wiemer to discuss the annual ACC Leadership Symposium. This amazing leadership initiative brings together students from all 15 ACC member institutions every February. You'll hear about Andrew's Oscar pick, Katie's work to keep libraries "in business," and Kate's strugg...

Our guest on Episode 41 is Dr. Shannon Ellis, who currently serves as the Vice President for Student Services at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has received two Fulbright awards in her career for studies in Germany and Japan and she has also served as the president of NASPA. In this episode, you will get to know the role running plays in Shannon’s life, what’s in her reading rotation, and the...

In Episode 40, we are joined by Dr. Mary Uhl Bien to discuss complexity leadership. Mary is currently the BNSF Railway Endowed Professor of Leadership in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University (TCU). In this episode, you’ll get to know how Mary got involved in the study of leadership and if the second season of Stranger Things met her expectations. Mary will then dive into her...

In this episode, we discuss key impressions in the world of student leadership in 2017 with Dr. Sherry Watt, Dr. Julie Owen, and Dr. John Dugan. Sherry is a Professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the University of Iowa. Julie is an Associate Professor of Leadership and Integrative Studies in the School of Integrative Studies at George Mason University. John is the directo...

Dr. Corey Seemiller, Assistant Professor in Organizational Leadership at Wright State University joins us for Episode 38 to discuss the recently released issue of New Directions for Student Leadership, Using Competencies to Develop Talents into Strengths. Corey is the author of the of the Student Leadership Competencies Guidebook and her newly released book, Generation Z Goes to College, which off...

In this episode, we are joined by freelance entertainment writer and graduate of Furman University, Jodi Walker. She is currently based in New York City and does most of her work for EW and New York Magazine’s culture website, Vulture and she has written in the past for Billboard, MTV, and Bustle. Get to know how Jodi got involved in entertainment writing, her experience with Fixer Upper as she gr...

In Episode 36, we are joined by Dr. Josie Ahlquist to discuss technology and leadership. Josie is a digital leadership educator, research associate and instructor at Florida State University, and hosts her own podcast, Josie & The Podcast (http://www.josieahlquist.com/). In this episode, you’ll get to know a little bit about Josie’s experience growing up in the second smallest state by population,...

During our third and final episode of our Foundational Leadership Question series, we focus on the notions of Leader Development and Leadership with Dr. Kerry Priest. Kerry is an Assistant Professor in the Mary Lynn and Warren Staley School of Leadership Studies at Kansas State University. Get to know Kerry by learning about her background growing up on a farm, her dream of being a back-up singer,...

How are the concepts of power and authority similar and distinct? What’s the connection they have to Paulo Freire’s work? Do the performative aspects of power influence our perceptions of the concept? In this episode, Dr. Julie Owen dives into the concepts of power and authority by exploring their impact on student affairs professionals and leadership educators. Dr. Julie Owen is an Associate Prof...

Are the concepts of leadership and management distinct? Are they in contradiction to each other? In the first episode of our Foundational Leadership Question Series, Dr. Scott Allen will answer these questions and more around this topic. Dr. Scott Allen is an Associate Professor at John Carroll University, where he teaches leadership and management. Scott shares with us a little bit about his inte...

On Episode 32, we are joined by Dr. Dave Rosch, who is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he teaches leadership classes, conducts research on the impact of leadership training initiatives, and coordinates the graduate program in the Agricultural Education. Most pertinent to our conversation today, Dave is also the editor of the most recent issue of New...

On Episode 31, we are joined by Dr. Kristin Bezio, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies in the Jepson School of Leadership at the University of Richmond. Kristin is the author of Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays: History, Political Thought, and the Redefinition of Sovereignty. She has studied 16th and 17th century literature, women’s literature, comparative literature,...

On Episode 30, we are joined by Rudy Trejo, the Associate Director of Student Involvement at Washington State University. Rudy oversees The Leadership Center in Student Involvement, provides administrative leadership to the department, and serves as advisor to the student senate. You’ll learn about Rudy’s favorite hobbies, the pros and cons of the Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise, and why he is not...