John Wesley Lowery, professor and assistant chair of the Student Affairs, Student Success, and Disability Access Department, was a guest on the More Likely Than Not podcast. Sponsored by the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA), the More Likely Than Not podcast explores the evolving landscape of civil rights in education.
Lowery offered advice on managing uncertainty and distinguishing genuine policy change from political theater in the current federal environment. He discussed with the hosts, Kayleigh Baker, JD, and Joseph Vincent, MLS, how institutions can build proactive cultures of free expression that encourage education, dialogue, and mutual understanding before conflicts arise, rather than invoking the First Amendment only in the aftermath of offensive speech.