Student Affairs NOW Cultivating Equitable & Inclusive Conversations in Higher Education
Feb 18, 2026
Sherry Taylor, clinical psychologist turned organizational consultant focused on resilient, equitable learning. Doug Haynes, emeritus professor and former EDI leader researching Black thriving and institutional change. Jude Burkamp, clinical psychologist and program co-chair integrating social justice into training. They explore why inclusive conversations matter, building trust and habits for dialogue, systems that support thriving, and urgency for embodied leadership.
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Jude's Biracial Kansas And India Upbringing
- Jude Burkamp recounts being biracial, born after Loving v. Virginia, spending childhood between a Kansas farm and India.
- Those experiences made psychology a tool for identity work and now fuel his push to update clinical training toward social justice.
Doug's San Francisco Roots And History Lens
- Doug Haynes describes growing up in San Francisco during school desegregation and choosing history to understand himself.
- His background informed leadership roles (vice provost, vice chancellor for EDI) and shaped his chapter arguing universities as people-centric organizations.
Faculty Bring Their Whole Selves To Classrooms
- Encourage faculty to bring their whole selves into classrooms to model inclusive conversations for students and colleagues.
- Jude Burkamp frames faculty as central to intellectual growth and urges them to move beyond narrow academic status into relational teaching.