Diversity Goes to Work

Today we’re joined by Tye Askew, an MBA student at the William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Tye has an impressive background with the military and was selected as a Major General James Wright Scholar, which is a prestigious lineage of scholars here at William & Mary. Today, Tye speaks about his experiences as a First Gen student leader.

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Today on the show, we welcome Dr. Sarah Federman. Dr. Federman is an author, educator, and conflict resolution practitioner. She’s currently a faculty member at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. Dr. Federman studies and explores the concept of reckoning, and produces some of the most interesting and engaging research.  She joins host Phil Wagner today to discuss doing business in an era of reckoning. 

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Today’s guest is Natalie Hoskins. Natalie is a faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University. As a teacher and a scholar, Natalie explores issues of health, wellness, gender, social support, emotional expression, interpersonal aggression, violence and conflict. She’s published in top journals such as the Journal of Interpersonal Violence and The Qualitative Report. In particular, Natalie has also spent a considerable amount of time working in Batterer Intervention Programs (BIP) and with male perpetrators of violence against women. She enjoys community building and making connections with people. 

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Today it is our great honor to host one of the greatest athletes of all time. Arlene Limas is one of the greatest Tae Kwan Do authorities of the 20th century. She’s a history maker, having been the first American - and the first female - to win the gold medal at the 24th Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea in Tae Kwan Do in 1988. And she has been breaking barriers ever since. She now currently serves as the CEO of PAVE (Proactive Anti-Violence Education) Prevention, working to provide training to organizations using a trauma-informed model to empower employees and organizations for better performance, stronger engagement, and healthier work cultures. 

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month was launched nationwide in October of 1987, and in the last 35 years, so much progress has been made. Yet domestic violence, sexual violence, violence against women, men, children, intimate partner violence - all of those continue to exist. Today, we have a special episode to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness month to ensure our collective approach to supporting victims and survivors models current best practices. Our guest today is Leslie Jingluski. Leslie has a vast background in victim and survivor advocacy. She’s currently the Director of Community Engagement at the Avalon Center in Williamsburg, Virginia. 

If you or someone you love is experiencing domestic violence, please reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Today we welcome Alma Zaragoza-Petty, a Mexicana social justice advocate and scholar who teaches equity to create change. Raised in Acapulco, she is the daughter of immigrant parents and a first generation high school and college graduate. She has a Masters Degree in counseling, a Doctorate in education, and has worked in higher education for more than 20 years. She is the co-founder of Prickly Pear Collective, a trauma informed faith based community organization. Together with hip hop artist Propaganda, she co-hosts the podcast The Red Couch. Her book “Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice” hits bookshelves in November of 2022.

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Today on the show, we welcome Sacha Thompson, founder of The Equity Equation, LLC, a diversity coaching and consulting firm based in the DC area. With nearly 20 years experience within education, nonprofits, and tech, Sacha has seen up close and personal the challenges executives face when they have good intentions, but don’t fully know how to turn those intentions into good action in the diversity and inclusion space. She helps the executives and leaders have the important dialogue they need to have and coaches them towards the necessary long-term changes they need to make to develop a culture of inclusion and equality.

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Welcome back to Season 2 of Diversity Goes to Work! Our guest today is the new Dean of the Mason School of Business Todd Mooradian. Todd was a fixture in the Mason School for nearly 30 years serving as both a faculty member and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs. He left in 2017 to serve as the Dean of the College of Business at the University of Louisville. His commitment to DEI work runs deep and has had a huge impact on our own DEI efforts here at the Mason School. 

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Today on our third and final Summer Student Takeover episode, Alicia Scott, Maddie George, and Bella Easton cover disability accommodation in the workplace. They’ll be covering three major areas: Disability legislation, the administrative realm of disability, and what the future holds for disability accommodations. They’ll also be joined by Debbie Howe, the Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer at William & Mary to discuss administration in regards to disability accommodations in the workplace.

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Today on the second episode of our mini Summer Student Takeover series, Junior Katie Stevenson and Sophomore Mohammad Ali and Eugenio Masari explore issues of gender identity within athletics. Beginning with Lia Thomas - a transgender woman - finishing first in a Division 1 National Championship in Woman’s Swimming, our hosts look at other issues around gender identity in the world of sport. They also welcome Isaac Henning to discuss his experiences as a trans athlete.

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.