“Extending efforts to build toward a more just future is part of what drew me to SESP,” Brayboy said. Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee) of Arizona State University has been named dean of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy, effective June 1. 

He currently is President’s Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State and vice president of social advancement. He also serves as senior advisor to the University’s President.  

Brayboy is a scholar who has contributed to advancing knowledge on race, diversity, Indigenous experiences in education and the ways that knowledge systems inform higher education. He is also a skilled administrator with 15 years of experience leading teams of faculty and building relationships with collaborators from multiple communities — locally, domestically and internationally.  Read more in Northwestern Now.