Michele S. Moses
Office of Faculty Affairs

Michele S. Moses is professor of educational foundations and policy, and vice provost and associate vice chancellor for faculty affairs. Moses is a philosopher specializing in education policy studies, with particular expertise in policy disagreements that involve race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, moral and political values, and equity in higher education. Her scholarship focuses on ethics, democracy, and education’s role in promoting the public good. She has published three books: Embracing Race: Why We Need Race-Conscious Education Policy, Affirmative Action Matters: Creating Opportunities for Students around the World (with Laura Jenkins), and Living with Moral Disagreement: The Enduring Controversy about Affirmative Action. Recently, she has examined political strategies to dismantle affirmative action in higher education admissions and disagreements over free speech and academic freedom on campus. Moses was a Fulbright New Century Scholar, was awarded the Hazel Barnes Prize, and is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association.