Dr. April Chatham-Carpenter lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she is the Chair of the Department of Applied Communication at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Our discussion covers, among other things:
*the negative stereotypes her own family had about Arkansas
*wealth disparity
*her friendship across political lines with a feminist scholar that changed both of them
*working through the “chaos zone” to achieve convergence of mindset and solutions
*her perfect day at home, exploring nature and history
*the value of listening
*what exactly “applied communication” is
April finds hope in the decency of everyday people (as she experienced when her car broke down once in a small town between Oklahoma and Arkansas) and in her positive experiences meeting people from all over America with all sorts of opinions, recognizing that their relationship is more important than their differences.
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