Reimagining the Meiklejohn Fellows Program

Brianne E. LaBare

Brianne graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College in 2025 with a Bachelor of Arts in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought & English. During her time at Amherst, she served as Managing Design Editor of The Amherst Student, Editor-in-Chief of the Olio yearbook, a Peer Career Advisor at the Loeb Center for Career Exploration and Planning, and an inaugural member of the Dean’s Advisory Council, among other leadership roles. After graduating, Brianne joined Open Sky Community Services in Worcester, MA, as a Career Counselor, where she supports individuals with mental health challenges in building career pathways and achieving greater independence through employment. She plans to pursue a master’s or Ph.D. in Education or a related field and remains deeply engaged in issues of educational equity. Her senior thesis, Collapse, Reckoning, and Reconstruction: Toward a Federal Right to Education, explored the legal, political, and economic structures that sustain systemic disparities in public education, while proposing a visionary framework for a federally guaranteed right to education in the United States. Brianne welcomes connection and collaboration with others committed to reducing educational inequality and advancing the reinvestment in and reimagining of the public education system.