Zak Foste

I am constantly amazed at the level of brilliance of the people I am in community with—especially these three. Grateful for these wonderful people! We’re cooking up some 🔥 (is that what people say?) @itsalexcl.bsky.social @zakfoste.bsky.social @wilsonokello.bsky.social

Just submitted the final two chapters of our forthcoming book to our editor at @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social!

Can’t say enough about the feedback they’ve provided along the way. Inching closer to the finish line!

Visiting Assistant Professor

We are searching for a Visiting Assistant Professor here at KU.

We are especially interested in potential applicants who might teach courses in student development theory and research on college students, among others. Please share with your networks. Rock chalk!

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If Trump and his folk are an existential threat to our democracy, then, damn it act like it.

It doesn’t mean that you run around as if your hair was on fire. But it does mean that you bring more than civility and rational arguments to the fight

Ohio State ends DEI, closes two offices, eliminates 16 staffers in response to Trump Ohio State will shutter two campus DEI offices and eliminate more than a dozen staff positions as a result of mandates from President Trump.

I’m disappointed to see my alma mater, Ohio State, dismantle key DEI offices under political pressure. ODI was a lifeline for so many students—providing support, mentorship, and belonging. Eliminating these spaces is a betrayal of the students they served. www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...

Gov. Laura Kelly proclaims cultural, spiritual and political significance of Black History Month • Kansas Reflector Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly paid tribute to Black History Month during a gathering in the rotunda of the Capitol honoring history-making Kansans.

Gov. Laura Kelly proclaims cultural, spiritual and political significance of Black History Month kansasreflector.com/2025/02/18/g...

Thanks to all who came out and engaged at #ACPA25

Kansas House bill strives to strip property interest from definition of university, college tenure • Kansas Reflector Controversial Kansas House bill eliminates the concept of a property right, in terms of tenure policies, at public state universities.

“If it passes,” Gragson said, “it’s a death knell to the Kansas higher education system.”

Go Bucks!

A child looking up at his dad as they play in the snow.

A child and parent bundled up in jackets smiling for a picture in the snow.

Writing and course prep will have to wait! Snow day with Max after 11 inches blanketed Lawrence yesterday!

Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.

“Harvard Law enrolled 19 first-year Black students, or 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest number since the 1960s, according to the data from the American Bar Association.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...

A picture of the court at Allen Fieldhouse as players run at midcourt

Tuesday night in Allen Fieldhouse. Rock chalk!

The Woke Scare I have been trying to find words, or a combination of words, to account for where we are in this country. I have turned to writers that I love and to history that haunts all with an eye for some fragm...

Great read from Eddie Glaude Jr. on what he describes as the impending “woke scare.”

The qualities of qualitative research New book guides qualitative researchers studying college experience.

Nice write up of a new book on Qualitative Methods research coauthored by my colleague @zakfoste.bsky.social!

The qualities of qualitative research New book guides qualitative researchers studying college experience.

Love this feature that KU did of @zakfoste.bsky.social and mine’s new book with Routledge on conducting qualitative research on and with college students! news.ku.edu/news/article...

Thanks Stephen! Greatly appreciate it.

The qualities of qualitative research New book guides qualitative researchers studying college experience.

Appreciate this great feature from KU on our (@drantonioduran.bsky.social) new book on conducting qualitative research on and with college students (Routledge).

Our hope is that this book serves as a useful guide to the who take up qualitative studies of college students in contemporary times.

A useful resource created by @grodriguezlemus.bsky.social. Check it out!

He then proceeded to vehemently refuse a bath… so you win some and lose some I guess? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Tonight during the start of our bedtime routine my toddler put his arm around me and said “you’re my best buddy daddy.” And for a minute all of the chaos of parenting and the semester faded away.

A laptop is pictured with a coffee shop in the background.

Some rare uninterrupted writing time! Rounding out chapter 2 of our book this morning.

Looking for others in Higher Education & Student Affairs!
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Would love to be added. Appreciate your efforts on these lists!

Thanks for the welcome! And the friendly nudge to join!

of white students in childhood & adolescence with my brilliant colleague and friend Dr. Lauren Irwin. Teaching courses on college students and qualitative methods. Most importantly, dad to Max.

Hi everybody. 👋🏻 Not sure what will come of this, but finally made the jump!

Associate Prof of Higher Ed at KU. Currently working on my next book (with Harvard Education Press) examining how colleges and universities reproduce, rather than disrupt, the racial socialization

Thanks for your work on this! Would love to be added.

Community for Education Scholars in all areas and concentrations looking to find each other!
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