This event is by invitation only.
The workshop is hosted by the Stanford Civics Initiative and Hoover Institution Center for Revitalizing American Institutions.
The workshop is motivated, first, by our belief that there is a growing interest in postsecondary civic education among faculty, administrators, alumni, legislators, and ordinary citizens - as well as on the part of many students. Next, by the recognition of pluralistic diversity: civic education programs will necessarily be different, in form and content, in different four-year post-secondary institutions (large, small, public, private, college, university) and in different parts of the country (e.g. red, blue, purple states). Finally, we are motivated by the conviction that, despite those manifold differences, there are some areas of agreement, so that those sincerely committed to the higher education of democratic citizens could commit to certain core principles. If all goes well, we hope that the workshop will result in a preliminary draft of those principles.
The workshop brings together faculty from the Stanford Civics Initiative and Hoover Institution with faculty members from four-year colleges and universities across the country, each of whom is engaged in building a civic education program for undergraduates. Workshop participants have been asked to prepare, in advance, a description of civic education-relevant developments at their institution (sketching accomplishments, but also noting problems and impediments), and to suggest some core principles that might guide the collective effort. We encourage participants to have frank and open discussions about our several programs, concerning differences and shared commitments, and the potential for developing a national faculty network.
PARTICIPANTS
Scott Arcenas
Assistant Professor, History
University of Montana
Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne
Assistant Professor, Department of Classics
University of Virginia
Eric Beerbohm
Professor of Government and Faculty Affiliate, Department of Philosophy; Faculty Director Safra Center for Ethics
Harvard University
Mary Clark
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
University of Denver
Simon Gilhooley
Associate Professor of Political Studies
Bard College
Peter Levine
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Tisch College. Tufts University
Minh Ly
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
University of Vermont
Steve Macedo
Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values
Princeton University
Nathan Pinkoski
Assistant Professor of Humanities
University of Florida
Smith, Scott
Department Chair & Professor, Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies
University of New Hampshire
Ben Storey
Senior Fellow, Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies Division, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Research Fellow, Civitas Institute, University of Texas at Austin; Tocqueville Fellow, The Tocqueville Program, Furman University
Jenna Storey
Senior Fellow, Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies Division, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Research Fellow, Civitas Institute, University of Texas at Austin; Tocqueville Fellow, The Tocqueville Program, Furman University
Trygve Throntveit
Director of Strategic Partnership
Minnesota Humanities Center
Brandice Canes-Wrone
Hoover Senior Fellow and Director of RAI; Professor, Political Science
Stanford University
Brian Coyne
Lecturer in Political Science, Associate Director of SCI
Stanford University
Checker Finn
Hoover Senior Fellow
Stanford University
Karina Kloos
Stanford Democracy Hub Lead
Stanford University
Alison McQueen
Associate Professor, Political Science
Stanford University
Josiah Ober
Professor of Political Science, Hoover Senior Fellow, Director of SCI
Stanford University
Tom Schnaubelt
Assistant Director of RAI
Stanford University
