Pulse Check: The Human Side: Managing Fear, Change, and Skepticism when it comes to AI — Part 4
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Pulse Check: The Human Side: Managing Fear, Change, and Skepticism when it comes to AI — Part 4

14:07 Jan 29, 2026
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Carrie Phillips chats with Alice Maxwell to discuss how AI intersects with student-centered work. As someone who leads a marketing and communications team within student affairs, Alice shares how she’s thinking about AI through the lens of trust, communication, and bringing people along through change. They talk honestly about skepticism, what’s working, and how to use AI without losing the human connection that matters so much in Student Affairs. If you’re navigating AI in roles where people come first, this conversation will feel familiar, in a good way.Guest Name: Alice Maxwell, Senior Director of Marketing & Communication, Division of Student Affairs, Florida State UniversityGuest Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-maxwell-2159154/Guest Bio: Alice Maxwell serves as the Florida State University Senior Director of Marketing and Communications in the Division of Student Affairs. She is skilled in leading an award-winning creative team, managing multiple mission-focused marketing projects, developing and executing integrated marketing and communications campaigns, helping constituents adapt through change management, keeping colleagues informed and inspired through internal communications and growing awareness through public relations. Prior to arriving at Florida State in 2021, Alice worked as a director in community college strategic communications, integrated marketing and change management. She has also worked in communications at private university, Drury University, where she earned a master's degree in Integrated Marketing Communications. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Mallory Willsea https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallorywillsea/https://twitter.com/mallorywillseaAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:The Higher Ed Pulse is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you’ll like other Enrollify shows too!Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — The AI Workforce Platform for Higher Ed. Learn more at element451.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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