The 2025 Conferenc e Keynote
Radical Positivity: Creating a Path for Professional and Personal Growth as an Educator
Speaker: Andrea Carlile, Ed.D., Director of Forensics and Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University
Creating change in the classroom, as a coach and as a colleague, requires tenacity and grit. However, the path towards growth and transformation comes with ebbs and flows, which is where the concept of radical positivity comes into play. Radical positivity is more than manifesting, it asks even in the face of setbacks, and challenges to keep your vision and dreams at the forefront of your work. Through sharing her personal journey in higher education, Dr. Carlile’s keynote will provide a framework of radical positivity and how it has shaped her career. Radical positivity was at the forefront of her transformation of her role at South Dakota State University.
Dr. Carlile has over 20 years of competitive speaking and coaching experience. As a speaker, she has three published orations and has since coached 25 published orations. Her forensics coaching experience spans from working with timid high school freshmen to high-ranking government officials. Dr. Carlile's research focuses on workload equity, fairness and satisfaction. In addition, she explores important issues surrounding the introductory communication course and speech and debate activities.
Speaker: Andrea Carlile, Ed.D., Director of Forensics and Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University
Creating change in the classroom, as a coach and as a colleague, requires tenacity and grit. However, the path towards growth and transformation comes with ebbs and flows, which is where the concept of radical positivity comes into play. Radical positivity is more than manifesting, it asks even in the face of setbacks, and challenges to keep your vision and dreams at the forefront of your work. Through sharing her personal journey in higher education, Dr. Carlile’s keynote will provide a framework of radical positivity and how it has shaped her career. Radical positivity was at the forefront of her transformation of her role at South Dakota State University.
Dr. Carlile has over 20 years of competitive speaking and coaching experience. As a speaker, she has three published orations and has since coached 25 published orations. Her forensics coaching experience spans from working with timid high school freshmen to high-ranking government officials. Dr. Carlile's research focuses on workload equity, fairness and satisfaction. In addition, she explores important issues surrounding the introductory communication course and speech and debate activities.
