Practical Diversity - a podcast by Deirdre Kane

This podcast started at the beginning of the pandemic as an effort to bring stories about the Georgia MBA program and Athens to incoming students and prospective applicants. 

Then on May 25th with the murder of George Floyd, the nation added civil unrest to a horrible pandemic. This country is experiencing an imperfect storm of pain and suffering. As a program and as individuals, we often feel overwhelmed. Every day feels like stepping into a void where so much is uncertain and so much needs to change. Since we know many others are struggling with all of this as well, we invited a member of the Terry faculty who over the course of her career has unfailingly tackled the difficult issues of diversity, equity and inclusion with the words of a scholar, the humor of a stand up comedian, and the heart of a social justice warrior. 

Dr. Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander has been with UGA and the Terry College since 1988 and is a tenured associate professor of Employment Law & Legal Studies. During her time at Terry, she has earned more than 50 awards for teaching and service, including the 2019 Minority Services & Programs Honored Trailblazer tribute, 2017 award for UGA’s best Diversity & Inclusion program, 2016 Women’s Studies Professor of the Year and one of UGA Student Government Association’s ten Outstanding Professors of the Year, and the 2015 national $25,000 Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman award for excellence in teaching. 

In 2015, Dr. Bennett-Alexander delivered a TED Talk on Practical Diversity that now has over 124,000 views and she is the 2011 recipient of the University of Georgia’s highest award for diversity, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Building Bridges award.  Her website, Practical Diversity,  is a way for each of us to start doing the "heart work" needed to create real change.

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