Kaleb L Briscoe

Kaleb L. Briscoe, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Adult and Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Her research examines campus racial climate environments and hate crimes on college campuses, higher education politics and policy, and presidential rhetoric, discourse, and responses to issues of race and racism. Dr. Briscoe has secured grants and external funding from the Spencer Foundation, Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, the Trellis Foundation, NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, ACPA–College Student Educators International, ACUI–Association of College Unions International, and NACA–National Association for Campus Activities Foundation.
She has published her work in venues such as the Journal of Higher Education, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, and Journal of Negro Education. Dr. Briscoe also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Diversity of Higher Education, and American Journal of Education. Dr. Briscoe is a 2025 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2023 ACPA Emerging Scholar, 2023-2024 University of California Fellow for the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, and 2023 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Mildred Garcia Research Junior Award recipient. In 2024, Dr. Briscoe presented her research on hate crimes at the White House at a Workshop on Advancing Understanding of Hate and Bias-Related Incidents sponsored by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Security Council, and the Domestic Policy Council, with support from the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Justice, and National Institutes of Health. Her work has been featured in Inside Higher Ed, Higher Ed Dive, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.