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Tashana Curtis
Portia LaMarr
Ingrid Nuttall
 

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Current Season: Season 3

S4E1 - "People will turn the tide" with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries (AACRAO 2025 Annual Meeting) | 04/15/2025

In this special episode recorded live at the 2025 AACRAO Annual Meeting, HEARD hosts Portia LaMarr and Ingrid Nuttall spoke with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries on how resilience can help us thrive in times of uncertainty.

S3E10 - Neurodivergence: Firing the Synapses of Connection | 03/13/2025

In this episode, HEARD welcomes Ellissa Thomen, Associate Registrar at the University of Iowa, Sara Sullivan, Associate Registrar at Cornell University, and Sara's son Will Sullivan, currently a student at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids Iowa for a very personal conversation about their own journey on the spectrum of neurodivergence.

S3E9 - What comes next? With Roslyn Perry | 02/14/2025

For this episode, HEARD sits down with Roslyn Perry, AACRAO's Vice President for Access and Equity and Registrar and Associate Dean of Records at Allegheny College. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is at the front and center of the current political agenda and dominates so much discourse.

S3E8 - Rhetoric or Reality with AACRAO's Bill Gil, Senior Director of Government Relations | 12/10/2024

Join Portia, Tashana, and Ingrid for a conversation with Bill Gil, Senior Director of Government Relations for AACRAO, to unpack what we might expect for higher education under the next Trump administration.

S3E7 - Just Us - aka the Flop Phone Debate | 12/02/2024

In this special episode of HEARD, Portia, Tashana, and Ingrid take a moment as the year nears its close to catch up and reflect on allyship, imposter thinking, belonging, blue bracelets, and strengths (among other things).