Season One

In this first entry of the ‘Like Mothers & Daughters’ series, IA is celebrating mothers, daughters and their shared desire to follow career paths in education. IA talks with loved ones who are dedicated to service and enjoy giving back.

Special Guests:
Mrs. Angela Nelson Swearingen
Ms. Nicole Swearingen

As an additional outcome, the COVID 19 pandemic has highlighted a reality that many in higher education have already witnessed; the equity gap experienced by students, faculty and their surrounding communities.

IA addresses how the disparities that have been a reality for many, are now deemed a ‘newly uncovered’ phenomenon for others.

Special guests:
Dr. Nakisha Castillo
Dr. Leticia Rojas

With another take on an older term, ‘my sister’s keeper’ explores the role of women who lean back and lift up. IA asks women in the academy, how they see the journey and what role ‘sister to sister’ upliftment, has played along the way.

Special guests:
Ms. Natalie V. Nagthall
Dr. Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton
Dr. Maleta Wilson

Insufferable Academics evaluates the ‘mentorship to doctoral candidate’ pipeline from the perspective of women who have successfully completed the journey.

IA asks, ‘what’s accessible,’ ‘what’s lacking,’ and ‘what support structures are we creating for ourselves, that don’t already exist?’

Special guests:
Dr. Nakisha Castillo
Dr. Tamara Frazier
Dr. Mallanie Harris

Amid the changing instructional landscape that now includes the addition of distance learning, IA engages with k12 educators as they address equity, self-care and ways of supporting one another in the era of COVID.

Special guests:
Ms. Ardelia Aldridge
Dr. Cherilynne Hollowell
Dr. Jocelyn Johnson