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The never-ending assault on academic freedom, DEIA initiatives, and rights to peaceful protest leaves us in a shifting paradigm in higher education. Additionally, the sources of funding that sustain our research and the institutions that support it are being systematically dismantled, leaving us with few options on how to continue using the same strategies. On top of these mounting concerns, professors are on the continual AI hamster wheel, trying to parse through the pros, cons, and ethical considerations of its use. Charting our pathway in our personal and professional roles, we are tasked with guiding our students’ experiences through this tumult, often feeling unequipped or without answers. How do we navigate preparing students for an uncertain future through political, social, and environmental upheaval? Can we reimagine our roles as educators through active and radical resistance? American educator bell hooks states in her book Teaching to Transgress, “I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions – a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom.” What pedagogical approaches are faculty in art, design, and art history using in their classroom to address these concerns? How are communities forming to support one another to combat the overwhelm? This panel seeks presentations from those actively engaged in the fight for the future of higher education in America.