'Round About Campus
Want to think about transformational work in higher education? Each month, ‘Round About Campus hosts Erin and Z talk with people across the higher education and student affairs landscape about ways to envision new, innovative, and engaging ways to further college student learning and development. A compliment to the About Campus scholarly magazine, ‘Round About Campus serves up bite-sized episodes where we can be good company with listeners as we collective explore answers to the question: what’s next in student affairs praxis?
‘Round About Campus is co-hostessed by Dr. Erin Simpson (University of Oklahoma) and About Campus Executive Editor Dr. Z Nicolazzo (University of Arizona). The podcast publishes episodes during the academic calendar year, taking breaks for summer and winter leaves.
Seasons 1-4 were co-hostessed by Dr. Alex Lange (Colorado State University).
If you have ideas for people to feature or topics to cover, let us know by reaching us at AboutCampusMag@gmail.com.
'Round About Campus's cover art was designed by Mary Ellen Wade.
'Round About Campus
Bonus Episode: About Identity-Conscious Mentorship, Live from ACPA
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Welcome to 'Round About Campus, the podcast for the About Campus magazine, the scholarly magazine of ACPA-College Student Educators International.
In our fourth season of 'Round About Campus, we are taking on a super-sized series focused on student development theory. We tackle big topics, ask challenging questions, and seek new perspectives on what makes this place called college unique when it comes to how students learn, grow, and change. In this episode, outgoing co-hostess Alex C. Lange, incoming co-hostess Erin Simpson, and Z Nicolazzo share a special live episode recorded during the 2026 ACPA Annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland. They are joined by are joined Jonathan McElderry, Cameron Beatty, Cristobal Salinas, Jr., Stephanie Hernandez Rivera, and Emily Krechel to discuss identity-conscious and equity-minded mentorship.
In this episode, a number of resources are discussed, including:
- bell hooks' All About Love: New Visions;
- Robert Brown, Shruti Desai, and Craig Elliott's Identity-Conscious Supervision in Student Affairs: Building Relationships and Transforming Systems;
- bell hooks' Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery; and
- Mel Robbins' The Let Them Theory.
As always, if you have feedback or thoughts, do not hesitate to reach us via email at AboutCampusMag@gmail.com.
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