Episode 2: Recovering Confidence and Difficult Truth-Telling

In this episode, the effectual truth seeker and teller, Dr. Bassard, shares sobering honesty about her journey from the mountaintop of academic high school achievements to the culture shock of undergraduate life in a state other than her home. But even that experience had respite bright spots. She delves into her professional experience as what she describes as "an accidental scholar," from a graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University to a lecturer to a Rutgers University Ph.D. student to a professor to the current Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Rhodes College. Our conversation celebrates how truth-telling and teaching can be healing, transformative, and open doors of opportunity.

 

Trigger Warning: Death and police brutality mentioned