Stop Playing Diversity – Monica Cox, PhD

Episode 52
Guest: Monica Cox, PhD
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW

Dr. Monica Cox, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at The Ohio State University, shares her experiences navigating higher education and DEI as a Black woman and unapologetic truth-teller. She discusses the harm of performative diversity, the persistence of systemic racism in academic and organizational spaces, and the cost of authenticity in these environments. Drawing from her personal and professional journey, Dr. Cox offers a bold critique grounded in lived experience, clarity, and purpose. This conversation challenges the status quo and calls listeners to reflect, reckon, and choose transformation.

In this episode:

• Navigating higher education and DEI as a Black woman
• The harm of performative diversity and organizational dysfunction
• How systemic racism manifests in academic and professional spaces
• The cost of living authentically in spaces that resist it
• A challenge to institutions and individuals to choose real transformation

www.drmonicacox.com
X, Instagram & TikTok @drmonicacox
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/drmonicafcox

Join the Doin' The Work Community
https://dointhework.com/join

Explore Continuing Education Courses
https://dointhework.com/courses

Podcast Episode Pages + Transcripts
https://dointhework.com/podcast

 

Music credit
"District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/