ABSTRACT

Dr. Gayles shares her journey through the COVID-19 shutdown, how she dealt with the challenges, and how she used what she learned to lead as president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Dr. Gayles also shares wisdom on ways to challenge yourself throughout your journey at NC State and beyond.

Joy Gaston Gayles, Ph.D. is head of the Educational Leadership, Policy, & Human Development Department and alumni association distinguished graduate professor in the College of Education at NC State. Dr. Gayles is internationally recognized for her research and scholarship on women and people of color in STEM fields and her work in the area of intercollegiate athletics. Issues of equity, inclusion, and justice undergird the collective body of her work. Dr. Gayles is a primary thought leader in her field. In 2022, she was named one of 25 innovative women leading higher education in DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education magazine and served as President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), the primary association for studying post-secondary education issues. Learn more by reading Dr. Gayle's profile.

Humanizing Approaches to Justice and Wellness (Joy Gayles)

This video was originally produced for an audience of entering first-year and transfer students at NC State University as a part of an interdisciplinary experience. It is available for noncommercial reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 4.0 License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

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WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Check out NC State's Higher Education Degree Program where Dr. Gayles teaches, and find recordings of her talks at the website for podcasts from Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

Read Humanizing Higher Education: A Path Forward. Citation: Gayles, J. G. (2023). Humanizing Higher Education: A Path Forward in Uncertain Times. The Review of Higher Education, 46(4), 547-567.