Lauren S. Foley

political science professor, Western Michigan University. Constitutional change, race, & universities. Also: wife, mama, & fan of driving manual transmissions.

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

The Supreme Court just banned affirmative action. My book comes out in September on what happens next for universities.

https://t.co/DDz28YENr1.

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

A thrill to work with @MartyPJordan to examine how faculty-led internship programs produce more engaged citizens, necessary work at a timely moment in American politics.

[Journal of Political Science Education @JPSE_Editors]

This article discusses how *Structured* public service internship programs (e.g., more credits, symbiotic curricula, networking, faculty guidance) augment students' civic values beyond solo internships. Check it out!

https://t.co/kWQpYxwLMK

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Thank you @ScYifan and @ERSjournal for the review and insights on the challenges for universities going forward.

[Ethnic and Racial Studies @ERSjournal]

@tandfhss @david_temin @UChicagoPress @UMich @LRDavis_Delano @SpfldCollege @drmonicahuerta @DocEJF @Princeton @BuffsJournalism @LSFoley investigated how #universities upheld #diversity under regional #AffirmativeAction bans, 'On The Basis of #Race' emerges as a timely blueprint for promoting diversity within legal boundaries.

Read @ScYifan's review here: https://t.co/KYcvyfHwBA

@WesternMichU

[Ethnic and Racial Studies @ERSjournal]

@tandfhss @david_temin @UChicagoPress @UMich @LRDavis_Delano @SpfldCollege @drmonicahuerta @DocEJF @Princeton @BuffsJournalism @LSFoley investigated how #universities upheld #diversity under regional #AffirmativeAction bans, 'On The Basis of #Race' emerges as a timely blueprint for promoting diversity within legal boundaries.

Read @ScYifan's review here: https://t.co/KYcvyfHwBA

@WesternMichU

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Delightful working with the editors @ConversationUS, thank you for the opportunity!

Book explores how colleges seek to increase racial diversity without relying on race in college admissions https://t.co/FvJNV3JCDu via @ConversationUS

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

So wonderful to see this out in the world with @MartyPJordan! --- Institutionalizing Internships: Enhanced Civic Culture via State Capital Internship Programs https://t.co/VFAagebBms

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

A fun, wide-ranging conversation!

[Wifi11050 @wifimozart]

@LSFoley @lopate_leonard @NYUpress Wednesday, November 15, 2023 1 pm Leonard Lopate at Large speaks with Lauren S. Foley “On the Basis of Race: How Higher Education Navigates Affirmative Action Policies.”

https://t.co/jScCcUnijV

[NYU Press @NYUpress]

"On the Basis of Race" by @LSFoley comes out today! This new book highlights how universities can navigate affirmative action bans to protect diversity in student admissions. Grab your copy now!

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

https://t.co/gUBPKpRnX3

a fun interview, glad to see it out!

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

A fun conversation with @stephenpimpare, thanks for having me!

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Why critical mass is important. Black people are not a monolith. See, e.g., SFFA opinions.

[Melissa Murray (@ProfMMurray on Threads 🧵) @ProfMMurray]

You can't make this crap up.

In a concurrence railing against diversity in elite spaces, Thomas's colloquy with KBJ is essentially showing why diversity is important. Because Black people are not a monolith. They may disagree... even about issues of race.

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Petition to include more tilting at windmills references in judicial opinions.

[Thomas M Keck🗽☮️ @tmksyracuse]

And OMG, this

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Dear Justice Roberts' law clerks, law students and legal scholars did not need a SECOND "footnote 4" in 14th Amendment jurisprudence. You really could not have reordered things to make it footnote 3 or 5?

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

So military academies might still have a compelling interest to pursue student body diversity? An issue left open today by the #SCOTUS #affirmativeaction cases.

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Here's hoping Pixar decides to cast a few of these characters.

[Dan Szymborski @DSzymborski]

My Saturday fun project: using AI, every US president as a Pixar character.

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Helpful historical perspective by @NovkovJulie on the anniv. of Jan. 6. Passing along to my students to discuss.

https://t.co/x7tASDROOq

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Currently doing archival work in Columbus, Mississippi... and unexpectedly learning a lot about meteorology while sheltering with a lovely woman from Tupelo.

[Craig Ceecee, Ph.D. @CC_StormWatch]

You need to be in shelter now if you’re in Columbus. A #tornado is on the ground just south of the Golden Triangle Airport. #MSwx

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

Thank you @monkeycageblog @HollisBrusky @ejgraff! More detail to come--book out in 2023 with @NYUpress

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

What might happen if the Supreme Court ends university affirmative action? My take: https://t.co/Ezp3lflgyU

[Lauren S. Foley @LSFoley]

"the Framers themselves adopted the Equal Protection clause . . . in a race-conscious way . . . trying to ensure that people who had been discriminated against . . . were actually brought equal to everyone else in the society." Welcome to the Court, Justice Jackson!