In this episode Cameron and Shawna chat with Dr. William A. Smith, who coined Racial Battle Fatigue, which refers to the “cumulative result of a natural race-related stress response to distressing mental and emotional conditions." The episode also highlights the work of Scholar of the Week, Dr. Chezare A. Warren, an Associate Professor of Equity & Inclusion in Education Policy in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Shawna and Cameron discuss a Chronicle of Higher Education article examining the politicization of earning an advanced degree.

In this episode we celebrate the contribution of Black women to higher education and chat with Dr. Lawanda Ward- https://ed.psu.edu/directory/dr-lawanda-ward Our scholar of the week is Dr. Raquel Rall- https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/raquelmr Article Mentioned in episode on Black womyn and Othermothering- Njoku et al. (2017)- https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2017.1350297

Join Cameron and Shawna for a live tapping at the Association for the Study of Higher Education conference in November 2023 in Minneapolis. The episode celebrates the past lessons Scholar Tea has offered listeners in these academic streets as both a politic and a practice. They also chat with Dr. Candace Hall about her groundbreaking documentary, Clusterluck. https://www.candacenhall.com/

In this season 3 finale we highlight Stacey Robinson, an Arthur Schomburg fellow and chat about this past summer's ruling by the Supreme Court on Affirmative Action. Our guest this episode are Dr. Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar Cruz. They are the co-authors of novels such as "In Case You Forgot" and "Busy Ain’t the Half of It". https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/busy-aint-the-half-of-it-by-frederick-smith-and-chaz-lamar-cruz-3621-b

Join us for our first live audience recording at the ACPA convention in March 2023 in New Orleans. We highlight our scholars of the week, chat with the audience about their ACPA experience, highlight whats problematic, come with those jokes, and celebrate the accomplishments of members of the community.

Back with another episode and we highlight our Scholar of the Week, Dr. Kamaria B. Porter, chat about armed policing on campus, and have an amazing conversation with Dr. Stephen Quaye about racial battle fatigue and healing.

In this episode Cameron and Shawna chat with Dr. Susana Muñoz-Rodriguez about what she has learned since being on faculty sabbatical. We also feature Dr. Christopher Travers as our Scholar of the Week. Our topic this week for the academic streets is should board of trustees be held accountable for student success.

In this episode Shawna and Cameron chat with Dr. Cristobal Salinas, Jr. about his research on the complexity of the "x" in Latinx. Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is our scholar of the week who is an award-winning Associate Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. We also chat about the rise of Chat GPT and AI in higher education.

In this episode Shawna and Cameron chat with Dr. Chris Nelson, highlight the work of Dr. Jarvis Givens, author of Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching, and discuss the resignation of Temple University President, Jason Wingard.

In this episode Shawna and Cameron chat with Monroe France about all things DEI!

In this episode we chat with Dr. Danita M. Brown Young, who is currently the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is currently serving as NASPA Board Chair for the 2023 conference in Boston.