Khalilah Brown-Dean
Host, DisruptedDr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar and author of Identity Politics in the United States. She is Wesleyan University Professor and Executive Director of the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life. She's also a frequent contributor to media outlets across all platforms.
With a keen eye toward the practical implications of democratic conflict, Dr. Brown-Dean is a preeminent expert on issues of American politics, criminal punishment, mass incarceration, voting rights, and U.S. elections. In 2021 she was recognized by the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame as a Spotlight Recipient for her work on justice and civic engagement.
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We discuss how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance and talk to the curator of a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
Historian Rebecca L. Davis has heard a lot of false claims about the history of sexuality. She joins us to explain why that history is more complex than many believe. -
A candid hour with Reginald Dwayne Betts. We talk about what books meant to him when he was incarcerated and how his time in prison still impacts him. -
Crystal Wilkinson on how food can connect us to the past. She'll discuss her family's holiday traditions and her ancestors' interracial marriage in the time of slavery. -
Anna Deavere Smith hopes her one-woman shows inspire people to take action. She discusses courage, doubt and her new play 'This Ghost of Slavery.' -
New Haven’s official historian, Michael Morand, doesn’t sugarcoat the past. This hour on Disrupted, we explore the histories of New Haven and Yale, including their roles in slavery. -
We talk to the director and producer of the new documentary, "The Body Politic," featuring Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott. Plus, how Future Caucus brings young lawmakers together to create bipartisan solutions. -
This hour, our guests say that anti-Black racism is baked into U.S. education policy and making college campuses more inclusive goes beyond admitting a diverse student body. -
This hour, Yale law professor James Forman Jr. talks about dismantling mass incarceration at every level, from policing to prisons to courts. -
Author Neema Avashia talks about growing up queer and Indian in Appalachia and poet Crystal Wilkinson tells us about her culinary heritage stretching back to her enslaved ancestors.
