Bryan Brayboy
@bryanbrayboy.bsky.social
Father of 2. Lumbee. All opinions are my own.
This is worth a read.
SESP faculty leadership: Professors Cynthia Coburn, Megan Bang, and Carol Lee coauthored a new Spencer Foundation report urging a rethink of grad education and calling for learning that meets today’s changing classrooms and communities.
➡️ Read the report: spr.ly/633227csDG.
➡️ Read the report: spr.ly/633227csDG.
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is worth a read.
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Congrats to @brownellcassie.bsky.social on winning the #NCTE25 Media Literacy award! Whoo Hoo!
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Congrats to @brownellcassie.bsky.social on winning the #NCTE25 Media Literacy award! Whoo Hoo!
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Costs (the money needed to provide an education) have risen. Prices (what students pay) have been at or below inflation for the past decade. That doesn't get nearly enough attention.
NPR folks, you know where to find me.
NPR folks, you know where to find me.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Costs (the money needed to provide an education) have risen. Prices (what students pay) have been at or below inflation for the past decade. That doesn't get nearly enough attention.
NPR folks, you know where to find me.
NPR folks, you know where to find me.
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Celebrating 25 years! ✨ Pres. & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social spoke with @kshb41.bsky.social about what 25 years of #discovery means and what he hopes for the next quarter century.
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Celebrating 25 years! ✨ Pres. & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social spoke with @kshb41.bsky.social about what 25 years of #discovery means and what he hopes for the next quarter century.
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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This is a really thoughtful piece on the process of closing a college in the most ethical way possible. As the rate of closures is likely to tick up at least a bit, it's well worth leaders' time to read this.
How Closing a University Changes You (opinion)
Nancy H. Blattner looks back on her time as the final president of Fontbonne University.
www.insidehighered.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is a really thoughtful piece on the process of closing a college in the most ethical way possible. As the rate of closures is likely to tick up at least a bit, it's well worth leaders' time to read this.
I’m really looking forward to this!
Please join us at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19 for the annual SESP Loeschner Lecture on Leadership, featuring MacArthur Foundation President John Palfrey.
✅ Register: spr.ly/633227D5dq
✅ Read more: spr.ly/633247D5ds
✅ Register: spr.ly/633227D5dq
✅ Read more: spr.ly/633247D5ds
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I’m really looking forward to this!
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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New episode of PCWB is live with Professor Safiya Noble, Ph.D. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiEu...
Algorithms of Oppression with Safia Noble, Phd.
YouTube video by PCWB: Professor & a Comedian Walk into a Bar
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
New episode of PCWB is live with Professor Safiya Noble, Ph.D. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiEu...
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My paper is part of a special issue on mechanisms of racism, guest edited by Amanda Lewis and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, for ERS. Here’s their introduction to the issue: www.tandfonline.com/doi/permissi...
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
My paper is part of a special issue on mechanisms of racism, guest edited by Amanda Lewis and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, for ERS. Here’s their introduction to the issue: www.tandfonline.com/doi/permissi...
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SESP faculty member Jen Munson received a five-year, $815,789 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to design spaces that make math as enjoyable as recreational reading.
✅ Here's why Munson thinks Yahztee 🎲 🎲 🎲 🎲 🎲 and Legos add up to math: spr.ly/6187AfvBD.
✅ Here's why Munson thinks Yahztee 🎲 🎲 🎲 🎲 🎲 and Legos add up to math: spr.ly/6187AfvBD.
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SESP faculty member Jen Munson received a five-year, $815,789 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to design spaces that make math as enjoyable as recreational reading.
✅ Here's why Munson thinks Yahztee 🎲 🎲 🎲 🎲 🎲 and Legos add up to math: spr.ly/6187AfvBD.
✅ Here's why Munson thinks Yahztee 🎲 🎲 🎲 🎲 🎲 and Legos add up to math: spr.ly/6187AfvBD.
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I have looked at this a ton and he's right! There are NO rigorous peer reviewed studies showing faculty political leanings translate into skewed teaching or any form of vindictive grading or censorship on a systemic scale. Yes there are anecdotes, no there is NOT evidence of a widespread issue. 🗃️
October 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I have looked at this a ton and he's right! There are NO rigorous peer reviewed studies showing faculty political leanings translate into skewed teaching or any form of vindictive grading or censorship on a systemic scale. Yes there are anecdotes, no there is NOT evidence of a widespread issue. 🗃️
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Chicago is so much of a war zone that we just won best big city for the 9th year in a row.
BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row
Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.
www.choosechicago.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Chicago is so much of a war zone that we just won best big city for the 9th year in a row.
This is smart! Some nuggets: building where you live is hard; it all goes down at the Piggly Wiggly (I’d Hardee’s and a he post office); politics is what you do. Fantastic conversation.
It is always a true pleasure to chop it up with @thehometownholler.bsky.social this is a far-ranging conversation but still skillfully on target. Thanks for having me back. (With a special shout out to Milo ❤️)
New Hometown Holler drop: We sit down with @tressiemcphd.bsky.social - scholar, writer, truth-teller. From North Carolina roots to national influence, Dr. Cottom talks about home, politics, and the power of paying attention. Don’t miss this one.
#home #community #politics #whiskey
#home #community #politics #whiskey
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is smart! Some nuggets: building where you live is hard; it all goes down at the Piggly Wiggly (I’d Hardee’s and a he post office); politics is what you do. Fantastic conversation.
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New Hometown Holler drop: We sit down with @tressiemcphd.bsky.social - scholar, writer, truth-teller. From North Carolina roots to national influence, Dr. Cottom talks about home, politics, and the power of paying attention. Don’t miss this one.
#home #community #politics #whiskey
#home #community #politics #whiskey
Tressie McMillan Cottom on Nostalgia, Belonging, and Why Calling Trump an “Idiot” Misses the Point
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
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October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New Hometown Holler drop: We sit down with @tressiemcphd.bsky.social - scholar, writer, truth-teller. From North Carolina roots to national influence, Dr. Cottom talks about home, politics, and the power of paying attention. Don’t miss this one.
#home #community #politics #whiskey
#home #community #politics #whiskey
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@cantb.bsky.social and I shared some thoughts/concerns about the proposed higher education compact in this @chronicle.com piece. But I still think that quite a few red-state publics would sign up, if for no other reason than state legislatures would expect it.
Trump Says Signing a New ‘Compact’ Will Benefit Colleges’ Finances. It Could Also Do the Opposite.
Despite the promise of more federal dollars, several provisions could upend an already precarious business model.
www.chronicle.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
@cantb.bsky.social and I shared some thoughts/concerns about the proposed higher education compact in this @chronicle.com piece. But I still think that quite a few red-state publics would sign up, if for no other reason than state legislatures would expect it.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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@tressiemcphd.bsky.social With a perfect summation:
“That anyone with a rudimentary understanding of history, politics, economics or even pragmatic common sense would call the way these provocateurs operate civil debate says just how poorly prepared any of us are for what lies in front of us.”
“That anyone with a rudimentary understanding of history, politics, economics or even pragmatic common sense would call the way these provocateurs operate civil debate says just how poorly prepared any of us are for what lies in front of us.”
Opinion | Mourn, or Else
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social With a perfect summation:
“That anyone with a rudimentary understanding of history, politics, economics or even pragmatic common sense would call the way these provocateurs operate civil debate says just how poorly prepared any of us are for what lies in front of us.”
“That anyone with a rudimentary understanding of history, politics, economics or even pragmatic common sense would call the way these provocateurs operate civil debate says just how poorly prepared any of us are for what lies in front of us.”
news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
I’m thrilled that @sesp-nu.bsky.social faculty member Uri Wilensky has been named a Yidan Prize winner. This recognition is well earned and well deserved. #SESPLove
I’m thrilled that @sesp-nu.bsky.social faculty member Uri Wilensky has been named a Yidan Prize winner. This recognition is well earned and well deserved. #SESPLove
Uri Wilensky named 2025 Yidan Prize winner
This year’s prize spotlights changemakers advancing complex systems literacy and multilingual education
news.northwestern.edu
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
I’m thrilled that @sesp-nu.bsky.social faculty member Uri Wilensky has been named a Yidan Prize winner. This recognition is well earned and well deserved. #SESPLove
I’m thrilled that @sesp-nu.bsky.social faculty member Uri Wilensky has been named a Yidan Prize winner. This recognition is well earned and well deserved. #SESPLove
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www.csis.org/analysis/lef... This report is framed irresponsibly and distorts the reality of extremist violence. The header is that left-wing terror is on the rise, and of course that will be the bite-sized takeaway. (1)
Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us
The Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program examines the state of political violence, finding left-wing violence has risen in the last decade but from very low levels and still well below hi...
www.csis.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
www.csis.org/analysis/lef... This report is framed irresponsibly and distorts the reality of extremist violence. The header is that left-wing terror is on the rise, and of course that will be the bite-sized takeaway. (1)
Go, Jackson, go!!! I love this new program and I’m thankful for student athletes like Jackson. #SESPLove
Turning a hometown dream into reality.
Graduate student Jackson Carsello, who is pursuing a Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics, has grown into a Big Ten starter and an anchor on the o-line ⬇️
Graduate student Jackson Carsello, who is pursuing a Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics, has grown into a Big Ten starter and an anchor on the o-line ⬇️
Veteran Center Jackson Carsello Anchors Northwestern’s Line - Northwestern Athletics
When Jackson Carsello lined up at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium on Sept. 13, the graduate student center knew one of his toughest tests in 20...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Go, Jackson, go!!! I love this new program and I’m thankful for student athletes like Jackson. #SESPLove
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ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf