Guest--Toby S. Jenkins, Ph.D. serves as Associate Provost for Faculty Development and is a tenured Professor in the Department of Leadership & Inquiry at the University of South Carolina. Her scholarship focuses on the ways that cultural leadership approaches can be used as tools to transform and innovate professional practice. Her most recent book, The Hip-Hop Mindset: Success Strategies for Educators & Other Professionals explores success mindsets and transformative leadership practices found within hip-hop culture.

Guest--Hayden Downs is a defenseman on the UNC Men’s Lacrosse team, born and raised in Atlanta, GA, but spent his time at boarding school at McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN. He grew up as one of the few players of color in a predominantly white sport, shaping his perspective and motivation to be a positive role model for younger athletes of color. Being at UNC has been a dream for Hayden, and he hopes to inspire the younger generation in lacrosse.

Guest: Shauntae Brown White, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Mass Communication and interim associate dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at North Carolina Central University. She earned a B.A. in journalism from Howard University, an M.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Alabama, and her doctorate from the University of Kansas in Communication Studies.

Dr. White, who also serves as the coordinator of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at NCCU, examines representations of black women in media. Most recently, she co-edited a book, "Television Representations of Black Womanhood: Being Mara Brock Akil." White is the recipient of the 2020 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award in Teaching Excellence.