Life in Higher Ed
Welcome to Life in Higher Ed. We are senior higher education administrators and combined we have over 50 years of experience. We are here to talk about what goes on behind the scenes on college and university campuses. We surface the interesting, the confounding, and the seemingly absurd, and we do so with honesty and a sprinkling of humor. We want to help you not only survive but thrive and to know that you are not alone in your journey. If you are an administrator in higher ed or considering becoming an administrator, this podcast is for you!
Life in Higher Ed
My first 90 days - Eleanor Fleming
In this episode, Dr. Eleanor Fleming talks about the first 90 days in a new role. Dr. Fleming offers the following thought about taking on a new role, "encouraging your audience to trust everything that they've done. Whether it's epidemiology or law or whatever, bring that to bear and see and be open to applying your lens in these new spaces."
Dr. Eleanor Fleming (she/her/hers) Ph.D., DDS, MPH, FICD, Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health.
Dr. Fleming is an unapologetic Black and intentionally antiracist public health dentist. For the first nine years of her career, she focused on advancing health equity through public health surveillance and epidemiology at national, state, and local levels. Her work has transitioned to center health justice in both her scholarship and activism. In her day job, she is the Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Dental Public Health. In her professional work, she is the Chair-Elect of the American Public Health Association Oral Health Section. Inspired by James Baldwin, because she chose to be a dentist and respects the profession, she offers critique to hold it and ourselves accountable and inspires liberation to realize an antiracist future.
Resources:
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins (2003)
How to Start Off Right in Your New Job by Manya Whitaker, Chronicle of Higher Ed (2019)
What to do when I start a new job? by Dave Eng, Job Hakr (2021)
