Parents & Professors Podcast

Our attempt at minute markers: Defining DEI Hires & Imposter Phenomenon | 1:00  Stereotype Management | 10:00 Organizational Survival Tactics | 15:08 “Skinfolk” and “Kinfolk” | 21:54 Practical Strategies to Focus on Your Purpose | 28:16 Is this an Individual or System-wide Problem? | 37:00 Scholar Shoutout: Dr. Donte Bernard Charles H.F. Davis III Links: What DEI Really Means: Beyond Diversity...

What happens when two professor-parents apply their grading mindset to real life? From juggling academic careers with teenager drama to finding consistency in the chaos of co-parenting, this episode captures that universal parent feeling: we're doing okay, not perfect, but okay . From their C+ divorce to parenting wins, this episode is perfect for anyone who's ever wondered if they're winning at l...

Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Big 50 | 1:00 Don’t Quit | 4:15 Picking Sides | 7:06 Who Tells Your Story | 13:00 Links: Marital Dissolution and Blood Pressure Reactivity: Evidence for the Specificity of Emotional Intrusion-Hyperarousal and Task-Rated Emotional Difficulty Important Communication Skills and How to Improve Them | Coursera  

In this episode, your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams, get real about everyday moments that carry profound meaning. We open up about the emotional landscape of divorce, sharing hard-won lessons about patience, presence, and emotional sobriety. We also dive into Careless People by Sarah Wynne Williams, a revealing look inside Facebook’s...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) systemic racism, (b) school policies and inequality, and (c) the power of everyday activism.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Schools, Society, and Sacrifice | 1:00 This is (Still) America/Everyone is (Not) Middle-class | 5:00 School Choice Scams |11:40 Spheres of Influence | 19:10  Made fo...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) cuffing season,  (b) dating expectations, and (c) discipline and parenting strategies.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: When is Cuffing Season? | 1:00 Hollering or Harassment | 9:55 Adulting is Attractive | 18:45 Sons, Daughters, and Dating | 19:55 Your parents were (mostly) right | 26:54 C...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) the importance of having knowledgeable and supportive teachers,  (b) the challenges of balancing personal and professional identities, and (c) the influence of family background on personal success.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: The Value of Educational Expertise | 1:00 My Kids Will Be F...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle  (a) reaffirming the importance of education, (b) reading outside of your comfort zone, and (c) the bar for leadership in America.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Kids who can’t read good | 1:00 Shock & Awe | 7:18 Listen you DEIs! | 15:42 What are you reading? | 25:20 Professor Corner | 41...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) aging and balance, (b) cities versus small towns and relationships, and (c) Black families and culture.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: On being appreciated | 1:00 Touched by Life | 10:00 Black Families | 13:30 Time Off | 24:00 We’re not doing a Music Pod | 26:43 The Let Out | | 31:00 Link...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) academic life and well-being, (b) ASHE 2024 annual conference highlights, and (c) personal growth and future planning.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: How are you doing? | 1:00 ASHE 2024 Annual Conference Highlights | 3:58 Manifestations of Scholarly Identity | 16:42 Political Reflections...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) childhood memories, (b) service to our communities, and (c) the importance of voting.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: We (Were) Outside | 1:39 Parenting Win, Lesson Learned | 4:41 The Importance of Positive Relationships | 8:11 Good Schools & Common Sense | 12:04 Professor Hack: Using...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) engaging in policy work, (b) the financial cost of parenting, and (c) social media and political participation.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Welcome! | 1:00 The Work Speaks for Itself | 4:00  Halleighluah, G. | 11:20 "Ew, yuck." Vs. "Oh, yes!" | 14:29 And that’s why parenting is importa...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) the importance of self-care, (b) reading habits, and (c) the state of democracy.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Season’s Greetings | 1:00 Bug-a-boos, Bees, & Bonnets | 5:30 Algorithm Inspired Romance | 9:25  Books Beyond the Syllabus | 12:20 Learning & Vibe Creation | 23:26 Academ...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) Olympic reflections, (b) getting back to school, and (c) the importance of voting.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: The Olympics | 1:00 No New Friends | 21:20 The Professor Olympics | 29:20 You’re Still a Person | 36:50 I’ve Got Questions | 39:20 GO VOTE! | 41:15 Links: Mandella Eskia 🇧🇧 |...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) intelligence in relationships, (b) creating an appropriate emotional environment as co-parents, and (c) the role of grants in academic and professional life.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: High-Value Man | 1:00 Top Seven - Deal Makers | 8:50 Co-Parenting Advice Corner | 15:00 Get Money |...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle a random assortment of topics in this shorter Pop Quiz Episode. It’s like a Lunchable for your ears! Enjoy the show! (This was supposed to be a shorter pop quiz, but it turned into a full-length test, so we decided to hook up them show notes.) Our Attempt at Minute Markers: The Room Where It H...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) professional peace, (b) professing and parenting in summer, and (c) preparing for conflict.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Turn the Other Check | 1:00  ::Olaf Voice:: “In summmmeeerrrr!...” | 9:00 Summer (Co)Parenting 15:20  Making Time to (Not) Parent | 21:00 I’ve Got Questions | 32:00 C...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle a random assortment of topics in this shorter Pop Quiz Episode. It's like a Lunchable for your ears! Enjoy the show!

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) the Kendrick Lamar & Drake beef, (b) campus protests, and (c) ungrateful kids.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Kendrick vs Drake | 1:25 No Diddy | 7:35 (Un)Professionalism | 15:00 Don’t Start Nothin, Won’t Be Nothin | 20:25 Colonizer | 26:25 Parenting Privilege | 33:45 How Do You Paren...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) the joys of middle age, (b) personal and professional growth, and (c) the importance of mentoring and teaching.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Privileged Geriatric Millenials | 1:00  Black Card Revocation & “I’m Standing” | 5:55 Feeling Excited About Doing Less | 10:57 Keynotes Are Ju...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) addressing systemic oppression , (b) the criminalization of librarians, and (c) dating gripes.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Spring break/Family Travel/Making (Family) Memories | 1:37 Kendrick and Cole | 3:37 State Shenanigans | 7:57  Wake Up! | 14:57  Why we conform | 19:52 #GirlDad | 2...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) personal evolution post-divorce, (b) attraction and compatibility, and (c) the role of identity in relationships.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Marj in the City Episode 137 | 1:00 Butterflies & the Unexpected | 9:27 The Air Treason Ones | 16:45 Compatibility in Relationships | 22:57...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) the nature of professional complaining, (b) intellectual acts of resistance, and (c) leaning into unique Black parental contributions.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Complaints | 0:49 Beyonce, Country, & Culture | 8:05 Intellectual Acts of Resistance | 16:20 This is Not a Black Music...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) another Black History Month, b) the value of Black education, and (c) our identities as Black parents.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: All Black Everything | 1:00 HBCU Greatness | 5:24 Black Role Models| 10:00 Supplementing School Curriculum | 14:50 Bastardizing MLK| 15:55 Saying the Insid...

Your favorite Triple Cs (co-parents, colleagues, collaborators), Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams tackle (a) breaking generational curses, (b) figuring out our standards, and (c) recognizing good work in tough times.  Our Attempt at Minute Markers: Breaking Generational Curses(?) | 1:00 I’m not a teacher, but… | 9:29 What does it mean to raise the standards for our kids? | 15:34 Like in Hamilton...