In this eighth episode of the Caring, Character, and Community podcast, and the fourth of our higher-education series, Hardin Coleman interviews Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology. Don shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities — particularly those that have been historically marginalized — while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members.
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“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series
To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”
Semester One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts.
Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis
Don Pope-Davis (PhD, Stanford University) is Dean of the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. He is passionate about using higher education to address issues of equity, economic growth and the psychological well-being of educators and students.
An educator for more than 25 years, he previously was dean of the College of Education at New Mexico State University, a Hispanic-serving institution. He also served in senior-level positions at the University of Notre Dame. Pope-Davis’ work on religious attitudes, multicultural competence and unintentional racism in counseling is widely published in peer-reviewed journals. He is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association's Society for Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues and a Fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology.
His most recent book, published by Cambridge University Press, examines the attitudes of Black Catholics in America. He is president-elect of the Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions (CADREI), a member of the steering committee of Deans for Social Justice and Equity in Education and past chair of the American Psychological Association’s Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs.
In this conversation, Don shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members.
Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis.
Part One: PK-12
September 7, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group, discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.
September 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.
September 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis
September 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.
Part Two: Higher Education
October 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis. He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.
October 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.
October 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.
November 4, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology, shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members.
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