Kaleb Briscoe Brown, Ph.D.

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Please help out with this important U of Oklahoma study on how recent changes in state and federal policy are affecting you and your students. qualtrics.ou.edu/jfe/form/SV_... @drkalebbriscoe.bsky.social @modernlanguage.bsky.social

This piece is part of a new special issue on Navigating the Challenges, Tensions, and Complexities of Political and Legislative Attacks in Higher Education. Huge thanks to friends and colleagues @drkalebbriscoe.bsky.social and Veronica J. Baldwin for leading this. www.mdpi.com/journal/educ...

President’s Comment: Steadfast in Our Mission in Turbulent Times - William T. Grant Foundation Despite the turbulence around us, the William T. Grant Foundation will remain steadfast in our mission to support research to improve the lives of young people. We will continue to pursue our two focu...

Love to see the great leadership by @agamoran.bsky.social
He sets an example for all.
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Group of people in discussion; text announces 2025–2026 fellowship applications for the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement.

The Center is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 class of Fellows.

For more information on the fellowship program and past fellows projects: https://buff.ly/4jEY119

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Thank you for your comments, and sharing this piece!

How Trump’s order targeting DEI could affect higher ed The executive order doesn’t have an immediate impact on DEI programs at colleges and universities, but experts worry about a chilling effect.

Invest in, reward faculty leadership: @drkalebbriscoe.bsky.social: “We’re looking at a very uphill climb of faculty having to take on more student affairs, diversity professional roles. Staff may not exist, but these student needs will have not changed.”
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Q&A on the experiences of DEI professionals under DEI bans Kaleb L. Briscoe spoke with Inside Higher Ed about the effects of bans on DEI staff members and how they’re navigating this politically volatile time.

I spoke to @insidehighered.com about my research on higher ed politics and policy. Thank you @ucfreespeech.bsky.social for the funding, and the brave diversity professionals speaking out about these restrictive legislations and political interference with DEI.

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Academic freedom requires DEI; the AAUP gets it (opinion) The AAUP gets it, Jonathan Feingold writes.

"In a recent statement, the @aaup.bsky.social explained why DEI need not conflict with, & often fortify, academic freedom. Albeit less of a focus, the AAUP also surfaced why anti-DEI laws—including DEI statement bans—exact a double toll on academic freedom."

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Proud of you!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

For Federal Censorship of Higher Ed, Here’s What Could Happen in 2025 - PEN America The GOP’s victory in the 2024 election will have major implications for academic freedom, free speech, and university autonomy.

NEW: What could 2025 bring for higher ed censorship at the federal level? PEN America’s Jeffrey Adam Sachs and @jeremycyoung.bsky.social analyze potential federal censorship threats to higher education and outline smart ways to fight back.
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Happy New Year!!! Always proud of the work you all are doing. Email me this piece when you get a second.

Proud advisor moment! She is officially #PhDFinished!!! #HailState

Please check out our new article in the Review of Higher Education titled “Behind the Veil”: Unmasking Anti-blackness in Presidential Discourse and Responses to Racialized Incidents. See link: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Screengrab of the PDF of our manuscript, “I’m a Needed Commodity in the Academy”: Racial Capitalism and the Positioning of Race as Capital in the Faculty Job Market

🚨 New Pub Alert 🚨

We surface how PhD Candidates of Color understood and responded to the commodification of their racial identities through both their socialization for the job market and their experiences applying for tenure track faculty jobs at HWIs. Check it out!

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I would like to congratulate my advisee, Heath Burge, on successfully defending his dissertation proposal, “Studying while Black: A BlackCrit Counter-story of Black undergraduate students’ experiences with anti-black racial microaggressions. Beyond proud of you!

Announced at the #ASHE2024 closing, future ASHE Conference locations:

Fall 2026
📍San Juan, Puerto Rico

Fall 2027
📍Albuquerque, New Mexico

Fall 2028
📍Providence, Rhode Island

I would love to share this work with one of my students (once it’s published).

The University of Oklahoma College of Education schedule for #ASHE2024! So proud of our students presenting this year.

Looking forward to this panel! #ASHE2024

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