Dr. Brian Evans is the President of the Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Since 1915, AAUP has been the central organizing force in US higher ed in its widely adopted principles on academic freedom and shared governance. AAUP has 42,000 members and 500 campus chapters championing these principles and organizing all faculty to promote economic security and quality education. AAUP advocates for free inquiry, free expression, and open dissent, which are critical for student learning and the advancement of knowledge, and against infringement on academic freedom and its safeguards of tenure, due process, and shared governance. AAUP is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, and Texas AAUP is affiliated with Texas AFT. Here's the link to join Texas AAUP-AFT: https://connect.aft.org/app/memberforms/8041A/JoinTheFightDr. Brian Evans is the Engineering Foundation Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a founding member of the 6G@UT Research Center (2021-present) and the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (2002-present) at The University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching interests are to increase connection speeds and reliability in 6G communication systems. To achieve this, he develops signal processing theory, fast algorithms, and prototype implementations in the hope that academic groups, companies, and government labs can build on the ideas. Prof. Evans has published more than 280 refereed conference and journal papers, and graduated 32 PhD and 13 MS students. He was elevated to IEEE Fellow (2009) for his research in improving cellular and wired communication systems, and printed and displayed image quality. He teaches courses in signal processing and embedded systems. He has won several best/top paper awards and teaching awards. In 2019-20, he served as the President of the Faculty Senate at UT Austin. In 2021, he won the Civitatis Award "in recognition of dedicated and meritorious service to the university above and beyond the regular expectations of teaching, research and service" from UT Austin President Jay Hartzell.