Ryan A. Miller (he/him)
@drryanmiller.bsky.social
Higher education scholar - LGBTQ & disabled students; how colleges (un)do diversity. Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Views are my own.
Supporters of anti-DEI legislation framed DEI as amorphous (i.e., it can be anything and everything to suit their purposes) while higher education leaders appeared to remain silent or superficially neutral in response.
July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Supporters of anti-DEI legislation framed DEI as amorphous (i.e., it can be anything and everything to suit their purposes) while higher education leaders appeared to remain silent or superficially neutral in response.
We show how arguments were reflective of a nationalized anti-DEI discourse and not grounded in any particular local/state rationales.
July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We show how arguments were reflective of a nationalized anti-DEI discourse and not grounded in any particular local/state rationales.
Thanks, Robert! Very excited to join y'all!
April 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thanks, Robert! Very excited to join y'all!
"... instances will arise in which the society, or segments of it, threaten the very mission of the university and its values of free inquiry. In such a crisis, it becomes the obligation of the university as an institution to oppose such measures and actively to defend its interests and its values."
April 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"... instances will arise in which the society, or segments of it, threaten the very mission of the university and its values of free inquiry. In such a crisis, it becomes the obligation of the university as an institution to oppose such measures and actively to defend its interests and its values."
Ironic given this part of the Kalven report on the university defending itself that the institutional neutrality advocates skip over -
April 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ironic given this part of the Kalven report on the university defending itself that the institutional neutrality advocates skip over -