Episode 36- How a Professor Tackles Being Intentional About Parenting, Education and Talking About Race

Perspective is everything. The more we live, the more we learn. The ultimate goal for many is to grow, share and lead. Dr. Greg Ellison does just that. An Atlanta native, Ellison is associate professor of pastoral care and counseling at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology where he earned his undergraduate degree and later a Ph.D. degrees in pastoral theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. Intellectually invigorating and engaging, Dr. Ellison is approaching what may be most challenging and exciting time in his life: parenting a college bound student. As an educator, Dr. Ellison has perspective about his role as a dad. I mean, he is the author of Fearless Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice and Cut Dead But Still Alive: Caring for African American Young Men two books that will help him to navigate this complicated terrain.  So we sat down with Dr. Ellison and asked him some probing questions. Hear his responses and grow, share and lead with us.