jude paul dizon, ph.d.

...We suggest that SEL represents a pragmatic utopian approach to navigating RPLEs, one in which the hope for a more just and equitable future is balanced with a clear-eyed pragmatism about navigating current restrictions and opposition."

...SEL is a collaborative leadership model that distributes responsibilities for equity campus-wide through embedding equity work in various roles instead of concentrating them in DEI-specific offices or staff positions...

"Although DEI efforts in higher education are under attack, institutional leaders can still maneuver through these restrictive and precarious legislative environments (RPLEs) to protect and advance equity on their campuses...

Thank you @royeljohnsonphd.bsky.social @drkalebbriscoe.bsky.social @garceslm.bsky.social for the call to action/research to counter the attacks on equity, diversity, and inclusion!

Protecting Equity Together: Shared Equity Leadership in Restrictive and Precarious Legal Environments Although DEI efforts in higher education are under attack, institutional leaders can still maneuver through these restrictive and precarious legislative environments (RPLEs) to protect and advance ...

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@jordnharper.bsky.social , @akezar.bsky.social, Holcombe, E., Ueda, N., Dizon, J.P.M., & @dradjgonzalez.bsky.social (2025). Protecting Equity Together: Shared Equity Leadership in Restrictive and Precarious Legal Environments. The Journal of Higher Education, 1-26.

“Columbia Knew”: Survivors Win Historic $750M from Univ. & Hospital in OB-GYN Sex Abuse Settlement A historic settlement is being hailed as a landmark victory for hundreds of women who survived abuse by Dr. Robert Hadden, a former Columbia University gynecologist. For over two decades, Columbia ign...

I didn’t realize there was a secret ranking to be the university with the largest payout for protecting sexual assault. Columbia chose to cover up violence for 20 years rather than doing the right thing and being in a position to use $750M for good-

📢 AERA Division J Webinar: Protecting MSIs and TCUs📢

March 20, 2025
12 PM PT (3 PM ET)
Register: bit.ly/divj-MSI

Hear insights from expert scholars and policy advocates regarding federal policy and how MSIs/TCUs are organizing to support racially minoritized students @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social

BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.

Why we have and need a US Department of Education This series considers what the U.S. Department of Education does to shape education policy and practice in the United States.

Why we have and need a US Department of Education

🚨 New from @brookings.edu scholars, an initiative to walk through the federal role in education, particularly the ongoing need for a Department of Education and all it does

www.brookings.edu/collection/w...

On affirmative action, Asian Americans got played (opinion) Let’s not get played again, OiYan Poon and Janelle Wong write.

New letter from Trump Dept of Ed suggests racial equity programs/DEI disadvantage #AsianAmericans and whites. Asian Americans, we should challenge this false, dangerous narrative EVERY SINGLE TIME. @oiyanpoon.bsky.social and I show why below
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

is now not the time for higher ed to step up its civic role to mobilize folks to change their political and material futures 4/4

rather than silently respond, how about higher ed folks let working-class folks know how their medical and other social services are impacted by attacks on higher ed 3/n

perhaps now it’s the time organize a new organization to engage in legal action AND organize communities’ political power 2/n

🧵some thoughts since Friday: how about universities rescind degrees of those attacking higher ed and minoritized communities 1/n

Learn about shared equity leadership! Much needed now more than ever in higher ed. Thanks for the feature @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social

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Excited to work on “A Guide to Socially Just Divestment in Higher Education,” building off some past thinking and the work of courageous student activists! #freepalestine #copsoffcampus

Looking forward to sharing space with UC Merced students tomorrow! #abolition now #policefreecampus

Thanks for the shoutout @jackiepedota.bsky.social! Folks, please check out Cops on Campus (@uwapress.bsky.social) and use code: WINTER24 for 40% off and free shipping! #copsoffcampus #policefreecampus

Love and compassion are not points on a political spectrum-

Happening now! Rochester room, 3rd floor #ASHE2024

Follow me and my friends doing cutting-edge work in education research!

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Daydream of liberation at #ASHE2024

Organizing for a #PoliceFreeCampus
Nov. 22nd, 8:45am CT, Rochester rm (Hilton Minneapolis)

@vanessamiller.bsky.social @hfdavis.bsky.social

#PubAlert🔥

Super glad this practice brief is now out. Inspired by activists, my colleague and I translate abolition into the higher ed space.

We offer eight steps as points of departure for a #policefreecampus

Read more: www.campusabolition.org/news/dizon-d...

Happy publication day to COPS ON CAMPUS: Rethinking Safety and Confronting Police Violence🌹🔥✊🏾

Let's study and struggle together, fam! #copsoffcampus #policefreecampus #abolition

uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295

“The empty blue sky of space says ‘All this comes back to me, then goes again, and comes back again, then goes again, and I don’t care, it still belongs to me’”

– Jack Kerouac