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Chase Durrance

A podcast where Dean of Students Chase Durrance takes a small bite out of today's big topics in higher education. Conversations are short, sweet, and to the pencil point!

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#24
Sunday · 12 min
My Leadership Jouney
Together we'll explore three moments in my leadership journey that made a difference. We'll look at key moments, values, influences, and the tensions therein. Are you hungry for some bite-sizED?!
#23
August 12 · 11 min
Funemployment!
(Former) Dean Durrance talks the anxiety of being between jobs, long walks, and the value of professionals who can prescribe.
#21
July 27 · 22 min
Spilling the Creativi-Tea
Dean Durrance pulls up to the cafeteria table to talk creative thinking environments. Topics discussed include: The Devil Wears Prada, constructive criticism, and the interior door of bathroom stalls. Let's have lunch!
#20
July 21 · 15 min
Interview with a Glampire
A few takeaways from my interview with friend and colleague, Whitney Walker. We discuss change, the legacy we leave behind, and the value of investing in people.
#19
February 21 · 19 min
Have I Got a Story for You!
Dean Durrance discusses empathy, the pain of changing, and how stories could unlock lasting institutional change. Are you hungry? It's time for some bite-sized!
#18
February 13 · 17 min
May the (work)Force be with U(DL)
Dean Durrance takes a bite out of Universal Design for Learning and how teaching students to be more creative in their educations may unlock some soft skills in the workplace.
#17
February 7 · 28 min
If You Give a Man a Pizza...
Dean Durrance teaches you how to make a pizza through the lens of Universal Design for Learning. Concepts covered include Multiple Means of Engagement, Multiple Means of Representation, and Multiple Means of Action & Expression.
#16
January 29 · 22 min
Systems They are A Changin'
Dean Durrance explores the topics of Universal Design for Learning and the connection to Systems Change. Topics covered include: coffee preferences, becoming an agent for change, and the challenges of scaling supportive services.
#15
Aug 13, 2025 · 40 min
Great Expectations
Join Chase and Michael as they work their way through the moral judgment of poverty, entering conversations to understand, and the role of code switching in the workplace. Are you ready for some bite-sizED? Let's dive in!
#14
Aug 1, 2025 · 37 min
The Bald and the Beautiful
Dean Durrance and Associate Chancellor Richards continue their journey through EDD 815: Unpacking Educational Systems. Topics discussed include the importance of myths in American History, creating umbrellas for students experiencing weathering, and The Ghost In Your Phone. Are you ready to dive in?
#13
Jul 18, 2025 · 44 min
To Be or Not To Be...Socialized
Listen as Dean Durrance and Associate Chancellor Richards discuss the college's role in socialization, the weight of marginalization, and how we can challenge systems again polarization. Are you ready to take a bite?
#12
Jul 1, 2025 · 27 min
Of Bicycles and Men
Dean Durrance begins EDD 815: Unpacking Educational Systems. Topics include developing liberatory consciousness in oppressive systems, riding a bike for white privilege, and the 10 stages of genocide. Are ya hungry? Let's take a bite!
#11
Jun 26, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
2 Fast 2 Curious: The Return of Mel and Joe
Dean Durrance is joined at the table by Joe and Mel as they take a bite out of modules 4, 5, and 6 of EdD 800. Topics covered include chunking, literature reviews, and Joe's fear of carousels. Are ya hungry? Let's take a bite!
#10
Jun 23, 2025 · 18 min
Wrapping Things Up: EDD 800
Dean Durrance discusses epistemology of the body, creating spaces for student ruptions, and literature reviews. Readings include: Chapter 1: Creating Spaces for Ruptions Download Chapter 1 Creating Spaces for Ruptions and Provocations and Provocations Tenets of Body-Soul Rooted Pedagogy Download Tenets of Body-Soul Rooted Pedagogy Strom (2024) Chapter 5 (pp. 91-102) & Chapter 7 (pp. 196-201)
#9
Jun 18, 2025 · 25 min
Data with Juanita
Dean Durrance invites Juanita Killebrew, Student Support Coordinator at WKCTC, to pull up to the lunchroom table to talk about student needs and the role of the community college in supporting them.
#8
Jun 16, 2025 · 15 min
supersizED
Dean Durrance supersizes some topics include purposes of education, epistemology, and academic writing. Materials include: TEACHING PRACTICE: PLUS ÇA CHANGE . . . by David K. Cohen Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education Designs for a Pluraverse by Arturo Escobar Scaffolding the Language of Power, Chapter 3 by Strom
#7
Jun 13, 2025 · 49 min
PoP 1.5 Discussion
Chase and Joe discuss their problems of practice including the roots, context, policies, and foreshadowing. Discussion guided by Strom Chapter 2.
#6
Jun 8, 2025 · 14 min
Contradictions
Dean Durrance explores contradictions. Materials covered include A Nation at Risk, Epistemologies of the South, Embracing Contraries, and macro, meso, and micro-level scaffolding in dissertation work.
#5
Jun 4, 2025 · 50 min
It's Questionable
Dean Durrance is joined by two fellow learning associates at the cafeteria table to answer questions about the experience so far. Topics discussed include motivations for pursuing doctoral work, balancing acts, goals of education, and Mel's homemade pizza. Ready to digest this semester so far?
#4
May 31, 2025 · 17 min
I've Got a Problem
Dean Durrance discusses the challenges of accounting for human capital, the banking and problem-posing theories of education, and problem statement.

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