‘Round About Campus is a monthly podcast focused on deepening commitments to transformative educational praxis. An interview-based podcast, ‘Round About Campus seeks to talk with people across the student affairs and higher education landscape about how they envision new, innovative, and engaging ways to further student learning and development. A compliment to the About Campus scholarly magazine, ‘Round About Campus serves up bite-sized episodes where hosts and guests alike seek to be good company with listeners as we collective explore answers to the question: what’s next in student affairs praxis?
‘Round About Campus is currently co-hostessed by Dr. Erin Simpson (University of Oklahoma) and About Campus Executive Editor Dr. Z Nicolazzo (University of Arizona). The podcast publishes episodes during the academic calendar year, taking breaks for summer and winter leaves. If you have ideas for people to feature or topics to cover, let us know by reaching us at AboutCampusMag@gmail.com.
Seasons 1-4 were co-hostessed by Dr. Alex Lange (Colorado State University).
The inaugural first season of the podcast explored the dynamics of equity in higher education. The second season took a ‘behind the scenes’ look on how About Campus works by featuring the voices of various people involved in making the magic happen, from Editors to Reviewers to Authors and Editorial Board Members. The third season focuses on Ashley Neese’s book, Permission to Rest: Revolutionary Practices for Healing, Empowerment, and Collective Care. The fourth season centered on the complexities of student development theory and what makes this place called ‘college’ unique when it comes to how students learn, grow, and change. All episodes from the first to fourth seasons are available online.
The fifth seasons of ‘Round About Campus takes on the oft-discussed, yet elusive practice of praxis. Z, Erin, and friends focus on putting learning into action, the unique positions of student affairs professionals in tackling challenges, and how we can animate our values through doing in higher education.
Season 5, Episode 1: About Critical Praxis in Student Affairs with Susan Marine and Chelsea Pratt
Season 5, Episode 3: About Praxis in and beyond the Classroom with Brett Ranon Nachman, Baili Park, and Sarah Gum (Coming November 2026)