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From DEI to DIY: Dr. Robert Livingston on the PRESS Model and Allyship as Action

Podcast: The Academic Boardroom Podcast · Dr. Eli Joseph, Dr. Janice Gassam Asare

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

What occurs when a social scientist who follows data-based research realizes that evidence cannot persuade everyone? This episode of The Academic Boardroom features an interview with Dr. Robert Livingston, a lecturer at Harvard University and author of The Conversation and Play the Game, Change the Game, Leave the Game. Livingston describes his journey from living in the predominantly Black community of Lexington, Kentucky, where the Black population comprised teachers, doctors, and neighbors, to working at the predominantly white college called Tulane, which provided him with "armor" and a lifetime study of race. He talks about the evolution of his perspective...