“Humans are not born with talent,
but they are born to develop it.”
Dr. Rishi Sriram is Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education & Professor of Higher Education at Baylor University.
He speaks, writes, and is slowly working on a book about the development of talent.
Read
Click the link below to read my articles about talent development
Listen
Click the link below to listen to my podcasts about talent development
Watch
Click the link below to watch videos of me speaking on talent development
Academic Website
Click the link to see my academic website
(and isn’t this the best photo?!)
Talks on Talent
June 2026: Opening Keynote Speaker for the Association for Christians in Student Development, Grand Rapids, MI.
August 2025: Randolph-Macon College’s First-Year Students, Ashland, VA
March 2025: TCU’s Division of Student Affairs, Fort Worth, TX
August 2024: Randolph-Macon College’s First-Year Students, Ashland, VA
October 2023: Roanoke College Presidential Inauguration Events speaker, Salem, VA.
September 2023: Randolph-Macon College’s First-Year Students, Ashland, VA
August 2023: Baylor University Academic Convocation, Waco, TX
October 2022: Keynote Speaker for the National College Learning Center Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC
September 2022: Randolph-Macon College’s First-Year Students, Ashland, VA
September 2021: Randolph-Macon College’s First-Year Students, Ashland, VA
July 2021: University of Buffalo’s Faculty and Administrators
February 2021: Pensacola State College’s Faculty and Administrators
November 2020: Guest on SmarterWorld Cafe
November 2020: Guest on Learn Smarter Podcast
August 2020: Randolph-Macon College’s First-Year Students, Ashland, Virginia
August 2020: Featured Guest on the Learn Smarter Podcast (episode II)
June 2020: Featured Guest on the Learn Smarter Podcast (episode I)
September 2019: East Texas Baptist University’s Students, Marshall, Texas
September 2019: College Student Leadership Summit, San Antonio, Texas
August 2019: Randolph-Macon College’s First-Year Students and Athletic Coaches, Ashland, Virginia
August 2019: Southwest Texas Junior College’s Faculty, Uvalde, Texas
March 2019: 7th Annual Student Success Summit with the Alamo Colleges District, San Antonio, Texas
February 2019: Virginia Tech’s Division of Student Affairs, Blacksburg, Virginia
October 2018: Tennessee Association for Student Success and Retention, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
June 2018: Association for Christians in Student Development, La Mirada, California
September 2017: LaGrange College’s First-Year Students, LaGrange, Georgia
August 2017: Randolph-Macon College’s First-Year Students, Ashland, Virginia
August 2017: Furman University’s Faculty, Greenville, South Carolina
May 2017: Student Success Regional Summit, Clarksville, Tennessee
February 2017: 26th Annual Conference of the First-Year Experience, Atlanta, Georgia
August 2015: East Texas Baptist University’s Faculty, Marshall, Texas
May 2015: University of South Carolina’s Division of Student Affairs, Columbia, South Carolina
April 2015: 12th Annual Institute for Emotional Intelligence, McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas
September 2013: Walla Walla University’s Faculty, Walla Walla, Washington
