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DR. BROWN-DEAN

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Professor & Executive Director @Wesleyan_U Host, #DisruptedCT @WNPR Author, Identity Politics in the United States GoGo 🎶 Enthusiast. #UVA #OSU #AKA1908

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DR. BROWN-DEAN
5 years
So this is what a Full Professor looks like. Excited to share that I've been promoted to Full Professor during an otherwise hellacious academic year. Grateful to my village!
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.@JamalEricWatson recently joined @KBDPHD on @WNPR's "Disrupted". Listen as he discusses new and ongoing #highered challenges as well as his book, "The Student Debt Crisis: America’s Moral Urgency": https://t.co/k5Szc5MzM1
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
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As we enter this holiday season, normalize helping people without having to show the people you helped. Every act of giving should be rooted in affirming the dignity and worth of those who receive. ❤️
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
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Honored to receive the 2025 Distinguished Educator Award from the Connecticut Sections of the National Council of Negro Women. May the legacy of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune continue to shape our path. @NCNWHQ
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Dr. Jamal Watson
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Thanks @KBDPHD for having me on your show DISRUPTED, on Connecticut Public radio, to discuss higher ed issues and my book The Student Debt Crisis: America's Moral Urgency. Always great to be in conversation with my favorite political scientist!
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
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Thank you to this week's guests for reminding us of the vision and continued importance of the UN #unitednations
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Connecticut Public
1 month
The United Nations General Assembly is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its founding this month. This hour on #DisruptedCT, we look at the status of the organization today, and the challenges it faces.
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
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Join us for the 2025 Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns. This year we engage dialogue in service to democracy and the hope of moving from conflict to action. https://t.co/RQCAihnZAx
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"This is not about dialogue for the sake of having conversation...but it is also dialogue in the work of reinvigorating democracy..." Hear more from DR. KHALILAH L. BROWN-DEAN, executive director of...
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Connecticut Public
2 months
This hour on #DisruptedCT, CNN's Matthew Vann on how D.C. journalists are covering the current presidential administration, and former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's talks her new book, the challenges she faced as the first Black person, first openly queer
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Karine Jean-Pierre discusses leaving the Democratic Party and the challenges of being White House Press Secretary. CNN Senior Writer Matthew Vann talks about what it's like covering politics in D.C.
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
2 months
Great day representing Wesleyan University for the inauguration of Quinnipiac's 10th President Dr. Marie C. Harden. Go Bobcats!
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Connecticut Public
2 months
This week, we celebrate ✨5 years✨ of Disrupted with Khalilah Brown-Dean! This hour on #DisruptedCT, from COVID-19 to protests to legal battles with the federal government, college and university leaders have been in the spotlight a lot in the last five years. Because of that
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For our fifth anniversary, Beverly Daniel Tatum breaks down what it's like to be a college president and discusses some of the biggest news stories involving academia.
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
2 months
Our hearts are broken. Michael D'Angelo Archer inspired so many Virginians to embrace art as a way of knowing and connecting. Prayers for his family especially his son Michael Jr. Rest in Power to Virginia's Native Son #2Up2Down #Virginia #RIPDAngelo
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
2 months
I couldn't be prouder of the amazing production team behind DISRUPTED. Every week we have the honor of telling stories that bring us closer to change, connection, and community. Thank you Kevin, Robyn, Erica, Meg, and our interns! #publicmedia #DISRUPTEDCT #publicradio @wnpr
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Connecticut Public
3 months
This hour on Disrupted, as we reflect on the gun violence that has shaken the U.S. in recent weeks, we are listening back to our conversation with Dr. Metzl on his book "What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms."
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We talk with a gun violence expert who argues it's time for a new approach to preventing gun violence— one that looks at the culture of gun ownership in the U.S.
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
3 months
It's been 20 years since #HurricaneKatrina devastated New Orleans. May we honor the lives lost by rejecting the notion that there was anything "natural" about this disaster @wnpr #DISRUPTEDCT Why 'natural' disasters aren't as natural as their name suggests | Connecticut Public
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Connecticut Public
4 months
This hour on #DisruptedCT: August is National Black Business Month, so we are spotlighting some of the Black entrepreneurs right here in Connecticut who have found success despite underrepresentation.
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Connecticut entrepreneurs Karin Smith of Kindred Thoughts Bookstore, Vincencia "Vee" Adusei of VASE Construction and Yves Joseph of RJ Development open up about the joys and challenges of running a...
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
4 months
It's been 80 years since the US dropped #atomicbombs on Japan. On this week's episode of #DISRUPTEDCT I speak with Dr. Shizuko Tomodo whose new film Memories of ##Hiroshima traces her mother's journey as a survivor (#Hibakusha) of the attack. @wnpr https://t.co/ZpgOx4FzVH
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Shizuko Tomoda's mother survived the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima. Dr. Tomoda talks about the bomb's intergenerational impact and her documentary Memory of Hiroshima through Imagination.
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
4 months
Youth leadership is critical to sustaining civic engagement. Great time building with the next generation of Civic Leaders! ##WeAreAllbritton
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
5 months
"More than just survive...but to prevail..." Thank you Bill Graustein #DISRUPTEDCT
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6 months
Khalilah Brown-Dean | Connecticut Public Honored to be in conversation with the brilliant ⁦@KBDPHD⁩ about my new book #FreedomSeason and how the lessons of 1963 and the struggle for Black Dignity/Citizenship resonate today.
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Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on Connecticut Public.
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
6 months
Kalief Browder.
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DR. BROWN-DEAN
7 months
I shared my thoughts with @NewsHour on the chilling effects of fear, uncertainty, & intimidation on college campuses. So proud of those who realize silence won't keep us safe. #Freedom https://t.co/aMdCcLbtGz
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The Trump administration has embarked on a campaign aiming to remake how universities operate. The efforts to crack down on protests and diversity initiatives are part of what the White House says is...
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