<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/charles-street-chats-jennica-larrison.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>11/12/2025</pubDate><title>Professor brings world-class lessons to Baltimore</title><description>Dr. Jennica Larrison, executive director for the School for Public and International Affairs and an associate professor for The University of Baltimore’s College of Public Affairs, recently joined us to share about what made her shift into higher education and what she wants most for her students. </description><author>Charles Street Chats</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/csc_jennica_larrison-feature.jpg" alt="Jennica Larrison laughs during an interview in her office"/></image><image-cap/><quote>There's nothing in my history that said I would be here right now, and I felt like I had people along the way that helped lift me up, that helped me to see who I was, what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it. ... I felt like I could be that for others.</quote><quote-name>Jennica Larrison</quote-name><quote-info>executive director for the School for Public and International Affairs and associate professor</quote-info><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>College of Public Affairs</tag></tags></item>