As a special guest in a podcast co-hosted by Fordham administrators, President Tania Tetlow shared her thoughts on leadership, innovation, and change. 

“There’s something really important about the fact that we are in the business of teaching,” said Tetlow. “If there’s anyone who should understand how to spread information, how to help people understand—it’s us. So how do we model our own pedagogy with each other?”

Tetlow spoke on the Twice Over Podcast, which was developed during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to find meaning and connection during a turbulent time. Over the past two years, it evolved into a platform where students, faculty, administrators, and guest speakers at other academic institutions share effective practices in their work and build connections through candid conversations. More than 40 guests have been interviewed by the podcast’s two hosts: Steven D’Agustino, director of online learning, and Anne Fernald, special advisor to the provost. They conduct recording sessions in a sound-controlled studio within the Learning, Innovation, Technology Environment, a new center in the basement of Walsh Library where students, faculty, and administrators use cutting-edge technology for their research.  

The podcast episode featuring Tetlow was published on Nov. 28. For nearly an hour, Tetlow speaks in depth on many topics, including why she decided to work in higher education and how her second grade teacher changed her life. The podcast episode can be streamed on Twice Over’s website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, and YouTube

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President Tetlow with members of the LITE team
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Taylor is a 2018 graduate of the Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism, where she was valedictorian of her class and garnered several awards for her reporting and writing. Now she is a senior staff writer and videographer in Fordham University's news and media relations bureau, where she writes stories; shoots photos of people and events; and films, edits, and produces short-form videos. She earned her master's degree in public media from Fordham in August 2020. Her work has appeared on NPR, NBC New York, and amNewYork METRO.