Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee) is dean of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Education and Social Policy.
Brayboy came to Northwestern from Arizona State University, where he was the President’s Professor in the School of Social Transformation and vice president of social advancement. He also served as senior advisor to the president, director of the Center for Indian Education, and co-editor of the Journal of American Indian Education. From 2007 to 2012, he was visiting President’s Professor of Indigenous Education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
A member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, Brayboy’s research focuses on the role of race and diversity in higher education, and the experiences of Indigenous students, staff, and faculty in institutions of higher education.
He is the author or co-author of more than 100 scholarly documents, including nine edited or authored volumes, dozens of articles, book chapters, and policy briefs for the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Sciences.
He has been a visiting and noted scholar in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway. His work has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the Ford, Mellon, Kellogg, and Spencer Foundations, and several other private and public foundations and organizations.
Over the past 17 years, he and his team have helped prepare more than 165 Native teachers to work in American Indian communities and more than 24 American Indian PhDs.
Brayboy earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and his master’s and Ph.D. (with distinction) at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the father of two sons.
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Dean, School of Education and Social Policy
The Carlos Montezuma Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern
Bryan.Brayboy@Northwestern.edu