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Kaleb Briscoe Brown, Ph.D.
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Asst. Professor University of Oklahoma | Studying campus racial climate, higher education politics and policy, and university presidents | 2023-2024 UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement Fellow | 2023 ASHE Mildred García Research Award
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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...
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June 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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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
February 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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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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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.
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January 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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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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.
www.insidehighered.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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"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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Academic freedom requires DEI; the AAUP gets it (opinion)
The AAUP gets it, Jonathan Feingold writes.
www.insidehighered.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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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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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.
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January 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Proud advisor moment! She is officially #PhDFinished!!! #HailState
December 13, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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...
December 9, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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🚨 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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November 29, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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!
November 25, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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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
November 23, 2024 at 9:59 PM
The University of Oklahoma College of Education schedule for #ASHE2024! So proud of our students presenting this year.
November 21, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Looking forward to this panel! #ASHE2024
November 19, 2024 at 7:26 PM