Laila McCloud

'Round About Campus

Welcome to 'Round About Campus, the podcast for the About Campus magazine, the scholarly magazine of ACPA-College Student Educators International. In this episode, co-hostesses Alex C. Lange and Z Nicolazzo talk with Dr. Laila McCloud.
Dr. McCloud is an assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Prior to coming to GVSU, she was an assistant professor of college student personnel at Western Illinois University. She also holds a doctorate in Educational Policy and Leadership Studies from the University of Iowa and prior to pursuing a faculty career, she served as a student affairs educator focused on issues of equity and access at several institutions in the Chicagoland area.
Dr. McCloud's research uses critical theories and methods to explore the professional and academic socialization of Black college students, the professionalization of multicultural student affairs work, and teaching and learning practices in higher education and student affairs graduate preparation programs. In 2023 she was also named an ACPA emerging scholar.
A number of pieces for further reading were mentioned in this episode by the guests and co-hostesses, including:

• Being 'Lazy' and Slowing Down: Toward Decolonizing Time, Our Body, and Pedagogy by Riyad Shahjahan
• Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle Over Educational Goals by David F. Labaree
• All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
• Helping Students Make Their Way to Adulthood: Good Company for the Journey by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda
• On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life by Sara Ahmed
• A Third University is Possible by la paperson

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You can get a full transcript of the episode here.
And as always, thanks to Mary Ellen Wade for the 'Round About Campus cover art.