Jarrett T. Gupton Pullias Center for Higher Education (2023) This policy brief analyzes the regressive higher education policy backlash through a racial justice evaluative framework and presents a typology of higher education reform legislation. The brief considers what this means for racial justice in democracy and higher education. Categories: Policymaking, Racial Equity, Leadership
The webinar will be facilitated by Pullias Center Alumni Award winners Raquel M. Rall (UC Riverside) and Antar Tichavakunda (UC Santa Barbara) who were awarded a Pullias Center 2022 Alumni Award to support racial equity-related research and projects. What is Critical Race Theory (CRT)? This oft-misunderstood theory has elicited strong responses and moral panic, with some researchers suggesting that CRT […]
Congratulations to Pullias research assistant Antar Tichavakunda, who successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on April 9, 2018! Titled “Black Engineering Students’ Experiences at a Historically White Institution,” Tichavakunda’s dissertation focuses an ethnographic lens on black undergraduates majoring in engineering and computer science at a selective, historically white institution. Tichavakunda conducted over 150 hours of participant observation and interviewed 77 percent […]