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Dr. Alicia Watkins is a full professor of social work and a licensed clinical therapist. She is also the founder of Coaching with Dr. Alicia, LLC, as a certified couples coach focusing on providing evidence-based skills to couples who wish to get married, improve their communication skills, and foster healthy relationships.
As a mother of three children, Dr. Alicia wishes to use her own life experiences related to love, marriage, community building, self-exploration, and commitment to respectful living to inspire couples to become stronger together. She also works as a part time therapist at Alliance Counselling and Coaching, where she helps individuals, couples, and families heal from past issues that hinder current functioning.
Dr. Alicia has been a licensed therapist for 17 years and considers this work to be her lifelong passion. As a full-time professor of social work at the University of St. Francis, Dr. Alicia enjoys training adult learners on techniques to become professional social workers. She teaches courses on cultural competency, advanced research, field education, and social work practice. Dr. Alicia obtained her master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago in 2000 and earned her doctoral degree in social work from Florida State University in 2008. She has published 10 professional articles and has presented at over 20 professional social work conferences.
Chetachi A. Egwu, Ph.D. (Dr. Tachi) is a media/communication professor, writer/producer, journalist, filmmaker, media consultant, dancer/choreographer, artist and actor. She earned a BA in Communication from the University of Buffalo in 1996, then moved on to Howard University in Washington, DC, where she completed a Masters and Ph.D. in Mass Communication.
Dr. Egwu has served as a faculty member in the communication departments at Howard University, Morgan State University, The George Washington University and Nova Southeastern University. She is currently communication faculty at the University of Maryland Global Campus.
Her work has been featured in academic journals, newspapers and online publications such as The Grio and is a contributor/media producer for The Burton Wire. Her creative work, however, reaches beyond writing. Dr. Egwu is also a dancer/choreographer and was a member of Carla and Company, Coyaba Dance Theater, Choreographers Collaboration Project in Washington DC and featured in several other projects.
An avid filmmaker, she co-produced and co-directed the award-winning documentary Runway Afrique and No Justice, No Peas: Getting A Veggie In The Hood. She also co-produced, directed and did the cinematography for the documentary Sunshine Chic. Dr. Egwu is currently the director of a talk show shot in Atlanta.
Dr. Egwu is also a social media enthusiast and consultant and has fully jumped into the live streaming revolution. In addition to consulting groups and individuals on effective social media, video and live stream production, she is the host of MediaScope on Instagram, Facebook Live, LinkedIn Live, YouTube and Gospel 107.1 FM in Nassau, Bahamas. Additionally she hosts the Be.More.ER video series and Media Meets Brunch She also co-hosts the TV Channeling Podcast on major podcasting platforms.
Recently, Dr. Alicia and Dr. Tachi were live on our show talking about The Impact Of The American Supreme Court Ending Affirmative Action In American Colleges And Universities.
During the conversation the ladies talked about:
– Their thoughts on the Supreme Court verdict
– If affirmative action helped them along their education journey
– The impacts to current melanated students that this ruling will have
– Has there been any affirmative action amongst educators?
– The impact of the decision on the future of African-American culture?
– The impact the decision will have outside of colleges or universities in the private sector
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