Communicating social justice in the public sphere: the case of public higher education
研究美国公立大学校长在乔治·弗洛伊德事件后的220份声明，发现机构背景（如是否为传统黑人大学）比州政治因素更能影响对系统性种族主义的讨论，并揭示领导者如何通过命名、指责和主张等话语策略来承诺解决不公正问题。
Communication is central to how public administration addresses racial and social justice, with organizational leaders shaping these dialogues. This study examines 220 statements by U.S. public college and university presidents following the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Using racialized organization theory and interactional justice, the findings reveal that institutional context, such as HBCU status, often outweighs state socio-political factors in shaping discourse around the naming of systemic racism. Further, through discursive strategies like naming, blaming and claiming, leaders frame their commitments to addressing injustice. Public higher education demonstrates how public sector communicators advance and complicate racial equity dialogues.