Varying Viewpoints

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice is proud to present the “Varying Viewpoints” podcast. Our podcast series highlights recent and relevant work of emerging and established scholars and provides an engaging way to share innovative scholarship that focuses on diversifying leadership, enhancing equity, and fostering justice in higher education.

Varying Viewpoints is a education podcast hosted by Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute, with 91 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute hosts Varying Viewpoints, a education show with 91 episodes published.

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  Episode 92: Homecoming Through the Eyes of an HBCU President

  Sep 28, 202628 min

  Returning with a new episode from the HBCU Homecoming Series, Leslie Ekpe interviews Jermaine Whirl, President of Savannah State University, about his perspectives on HBCU homecomings. Ekpe and Whirl discuss the importance of homecomings and their role at HBCUs and beyond. Listen as they discuss the significance of homecoming for students and alumni, the different programming, and how organizations like Nike and Home Depot are giving back to HBCU students.

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  Episode 91: Preserving Black Educational Histories

  Aug 10, 202626 min

  The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice is proud to present another episode of the “Varying Viewpoints” podcast. In an interview led by Harvey Long, 2026 John Smartt Summer Scholar, and featuring Marlee S. Bunch, Senior Research Associate with the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice at Rutgers University, they discuss her latest book, Unlearning the Hush. Drawing on the rich tradition of Black memory work, the book features oral histories of Black women educators who taught in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, before and after school desegregation. Together, they explore the power of memory, storytelling, and oral history to preserve hidden histories and deepen our understanding of Black educational experiences. Listen as they discuss the importance of oral history and Black memory work in documenting and preserving the lived experiences of Black educators.

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  Episode 90: Social Mobility in the Job Market: Exploring How HSIs Enable Workforce

  Aug 3, 202635 min

  The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice is proud to present another episode of the “Varying Viewpoints” podcast. In an interview led by Monica Hernandez, 2026 John Smartt Summer Scholar, featuring Mario Vela, Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s University Career Center, they explore the role of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in building workforce pathways for students. Through a discussion of organizational strategies, career readiness, and employer partnerships, they highlight how HSIs are positioned to support the career development of Latinx students and how they access the labor market. Listen as they examine the organizational strategies and practices that HSIs employ (or can employ) to support job-market readiness, particularly for first-generation Latinx students who largely attend these institutions.

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  Episode 89: Cultivating Research Capacity At Student-Centered

  Jul 27, 202629 min

  The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice is proud to present another episode of the “Varying Viewpoints” podcast. This episode explores how institutions that serve large undergraduate populations, and often those who fall into historically marginalized categories, strengthen their research enterprises. In an interview led by Kailyn Gilliam, 2026 John Smartt Summer Scholar, featuring Sherine Obare, the Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement at UNC Greensboro (UNCG), they discuss Obare’s efforts to cultivate research capacity at an institution with nearly 75% undergraduate enrollment and close to 50% Pell-eligible students, while maintaining focus on the institution’s student-centered missions. Obare approaches this work as a faculty-researcher, a mentor, a former dean of an institutional partnership between two different Minority Serving Institutions, and as the Director of Broadening Participation for a National Science Foundation convergence-research center. Her extensive experience in this space enables her to offer an expert perspective on the components of a successful institutional research environment, including faculty development, student engagement, and strategic partnerships. The most distinctive element of institutions like UNCG is their focus on undergraduate students; therefore, this podcast focuses on the role of undergraduate research opportunities as a bridge to develop student potential and achieve institutional goals. Listen as this episode celebrates the uniqueness of student-centered institutions and the significant contributions they bring toward the area of broadening participation in research experiences for all students, especially those historically-excluded. Through an open and honest conversation, this episode uncovers the realities, in both the successes and the opportunities for growth, around building research infrastructure from a current higher-education research administrator.

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  Episode 88: MSI Faculty Are ELEVATING

  Jun 29, 202639 min

  In this episode of Varying Viewpoints, Leslie Ekpe sits down with 3 ELEVATE fellows from this year’s cohort to engage in dialogue about their experiences during the ELEVATE program, in which early-career MSI faculty discussed the challenges, opportunities, and resources involved in navigating their tenure-track journeys. Listen as they discuss the opportunities the program offers fellows and their individual future academic goals.

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