Dr. Pleasants has been working closely with students at Carolina for more than 15 years through teaching, coaching, and various forms of outreach and engagement. He received his BA in English, Masters in Teaching English, and PhD in Education from UNC-Chapel Hill and counts himself lucky to work at his alma mater. His past work and research has been about men and masculinity, violence prevention, student success, and teaching and learning. He has an adjunct appointment in Health Behavior at the Gillings School for Global Public Health, where he teaches “Critical Approaches to Service Learning” and a clinical appointment in the School of Education. He is always happy to meet with one-on-one with undergraduates to talk about their research interests.