2019 Hxa Open Inquiry Awards June 20, 2019 Sheraton Times Square | New York, New York “The Open Inquiry Championed by Heterodox Academy Is More Critical Than Ever

2019 HxA Open Inquiry Awards June 20, 2019 Sheraton Times Square | New York, New York “The open inquiry championed by Heterodox Academy is more critical than ever. We are proud to partner with HxA in advancing the free exchange of ideas at the heart of liberal education and our nation’s historic mission of educating for democracy.”

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PROGRAM

Welcome & Introduction to the HxA Open Inquiry Awards JONATHAN HAIDT

Presentation of Awards JONATHAN HAIDT & DEBRA MASHEK

Remarks HIRAM CHODOSH President, Claremont McKenna College

Keynote Address: How a University Shaped My Soul DAVID BROOKS The New York Times & Aspen Institute ANDREW MARANTZ The New Yorker

Closing Remarks DEBRA MASHEK KEYNOTE

How a University Shaped My Soul

The New York Times columnist David Brooks will speak about the role universities have played and can play in moral, intellectual, and spiritual development. He’ll discuss the growing mismatch between the culture of many campuses and the challenges students will face when they enter into realms of politics, business, and the messy life of a democracy. Andrew Marantz, Staff Writer at The New Yorker, will engage Brooks in a post-keynote discussion.

DAVID BROOKS The New York Times & Aspen Institute

David Brooks is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, a position he began in September 2003, and an executive director at the Aspen Institute. He is a commentator on The PBS Newshour, NPR’s All Things Considered and NBC’s Meet the Press.

Mr. Brooks’s most recent book, The Second Mountain, was released in 2019. He is also the author of The Road to Character, Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There and The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement. Mr. Brooks is on the faculty of Yale University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. ANDREW MARANTZ The New Yorker

Andrew Marantz became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 2017. Prior to that, he worked on the magazine's editorial staff, splitting his time between writing stories (about such topics as hip-hop purism and the Truman Show delusion) and editing stories (Las Vegas night clubs, Liberian warlords and many other things). Since 2016, he has been at work on a book about the perils of virality, the myth of linear progress, and the American far right. To report the book, he spent several years embedded with some of the conspiracists, white supremacists, and nihilist trolls who have become experts at using social media to advance their David Brooks is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York corrosive agendas. He also watched as some of social media's earliest and Times, a position he began in September 2003, and an most influential founders reckoned with the forces they'd unleashed. The book, executive director at the Aspen Institute. He is a forthcoming in October from Viking Press, is called Antisocial: Online commentator on The PBS Newshour, NPR’s All Things Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation. Considered and NBC’s Meet the Press.

JONATHAN HAIDT Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU-Stern Co-Founder & Board Chair, Heterodox Academy

Jonathan is a social psychologist and professor of ethical leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and moral emotions. Haidt is the author of three books: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006), The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012), and The Coddling of the American Mind (2018). The last two books became New York Times bestsellers. He was named one of the “top global thinkers” by Foreign Policy magazine, and one of the “top world thinkers” by Prospect magazine.

He earned a BA in philosophy from Yale University in 1985, and a PhD in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He then studied cultural psychology at the University of Chicago as a post-doctoral fellow. In 1995, Haidt was hired as an assistant professor at the University of Virginia, where he worked until 2011, winning four awards for teaching, including a statewide award conferred by the governor of Virginia. In 2011, Jonathan moved to the Leonard N. Stern School of Business. His current research applies moral psychology to business ethics. Welcome & Introduction to the HxA Open Inquiry Awards JONATHAN HAIDT

Presentation of Awards JONATHAN HAIDT & DEBRA MASHEK

Remarks HIRAM CHODOSH President, Claremont McKenna College

Keynote Address: How a University Shaped My Soul DAVID BROOKS The New York Times & Aspen Institute ANDREW MARANTZ The New Yorker

Closing Remarks DEBRA MASHEK

DEBRA MASHEK Executive Director, Heterodox Academy

Jonathan is a social psychologist and professor of Debra has spent two decades studying how people ethical leadership at New York University’s Stern form relationships with each other. During her 14 years School of Business. His academic specialization is the as Professor of Social Psychology at Harvey Mudd psychology of morality and moral emotions. Haidt is College, her favorite courses to teach were Psychology the author of three books: The Happiness Hypothesis: of Collaboration, Intellectual Virtues, and I’m Right; Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006), The You’re Wrong. Mashek has broad experience in Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by university administration and systems change. After Politics and Religion (2012), and The Coddling of the receiving tenure in 2011, Mashek served as HMC’s American Mind (2018). The last two books became New York Times Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Later, at the behest of the Deans of bestsellers. He was named one of the “top global thinkers” by Foreign Policy the seven Claremont Colleges, she directed grant-funded efforts to better magazine, and one of the “top world thinkers” by Prospect magazine. leverage the colleges’ collective potential, later launching the Office of Consortial Academic Collaboration to serve five undergraduate colleges and He earned a BA in philosophy from Yale University in 1985, and a PhD in two graduate institutions. Mashek describes herself as a heterodox enthusiast psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He then studied who values, seeks out, and creates open inquiry and viewpoint diversity both cultural psychology at the University of Chicago as a post-doctoral fellow. In professionally and personally. She became the first Executive Director of 1995, Haidt was hired as an assistant professor at the University of Virginia, Heterodox Academy in February 2018. where he worked until 2011, winning four awards for teaching, including a statewide award conferred by the governor of Virginia. In 2011, Jonathan moved to the Leonard N. Stern School of Business. His current research applies moral psychology to business ethics. 2019 HXA OPEN INQUIRY AWARDS

To address society’s most intractable problems, learners must weave together the best ideas from a range of perspectives. In their absence, important questions and ideas go unexplored, key assumptions can go unchallenged, and tribalism can go unchecked, eroding the quality of research and teaching. Heterodox Academy is delighted to announce the recipients of the HxA Open Inquiry Awards, which honor the individuals and institutions doing the complex work of improving classrooms, campuses, and scholarship by fostering open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in the academy.

Recipients were nominated by members of HxA and independently reviewed by members of HxA’s Open Inquiry Awards Committee, who then developed a short list of up to three candidates for each. The short lists were presented to HxA’s management team, the HxA Advisory Committee, and the HxA Board of Directors, all of whom then voted to select the winner for each award. Congratulations to this year’s recipients! Debra has spent two decades studying how people form relationships with each other. During her 14 years as Professor of Social Psychology at Harvey Mudd College, her favorite courses to teach were Psychology of Collaboration, Intellectual Virtues, and I’m Right; You’re Wrong. Mashek has broad experience in university administration and systems change. After receiving tenure in 2011, Mashek served as HMC’s Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Later, at the behest of the Deans of the seven Claremont Colleges, she directed grant-funded efforts to better leverage the colleges’ collective potential, later launching the Office of Consortial Academic Collaboration to serve five undergraduate colleges and two graduate institutions. Mashek describes herself as a heterodox enthusiast who values, seeks out, and creates open inquiry and viewpoint diversity both professionally and personally. She became the first Executive Director of Heterodox Academy in February 2018. To address society’s most intractable problems, learners must weave together the best ideas from a range of perspectives. In their absence, important questions and ideas go unexplored, key assumptions can go unchallenged, and tribalism can go unchecked, eroding the quality of research and teaching. Heterodox Academy is delighted to announce the recipients of the HxA Open Inquiry Awards, which honor the individuals and institutions doing the complex work of improving classrooms, campuses, and scholarship by fostering open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in the academy.

Outstanding Student Group Award

Given to an undergraduate or graduate student group that has made vital and durable contributions to open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement on their campus

LINN-BENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S CIVIL DISCOURSE CLUB ALBANY, OR

Much of the public discussion about higher education is centered on elite private colleges, or Ivy League and other R1 universities. Yet, while these schools talk a lot about diversity and inclusion, community colleges walk the walk – providing high-quality, affordable, accessible education to populations that are under-represented and under-served by other schools: low-income students, students of color, military veterans, students from rural areas and small towns, lifelong learners, and other ‘non-traditional’ students.

Perhaps then it should come as no surprise that community colleges also are far ahead of many other schools regarding respecting and encouraging open inquiry, viewpoint diversity and constructive disagreement. As we highlighted in our recent Reason Magazine feature, Linn-Benton Community College (LBCC) stands out even among community colleges. The LBCC’s Civil Discourse Club was formed in November 2017, and is advised by communications faculty (and Heterodox Academy) member Mark Urista. The club aims to promote dialogue that enhances understanding among individuals with diverse viewpoints in an open and respectful environment.

They have put on campus debates, group discussions about controversial topics and even town hall meetings with U.S. senators. They have facilitated Free Intelligent Conversation events in their local community, hosted TED speakers and Village Square events. They manage a campus Civil Discourse Wall. They even provide civil discourse training to others in their college community. As a testament to their effectiveness, the LBCC Civil Discourse Club was recently awarded full-chapter status as part of BridgeUSA; they are the first (and so far exclusive) community college branch of the organization. As members of the LBCC Civil Discourse Club graduate, some transfer to nearby 4-year institutions, and have demonstrated an eagerness and ability to propagate the club’s vision and values at other colleges and universities too.

The levels of commitment, ambition, and innovation demonstrated by the Linn-Benton Community College Civil Discourse Club are extraordinary — and a model for students and faculty at other colleges and universities nationwide. COLEMAN HUGHES COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Mr. Hughes has moderated and headlined numerous events about open inquiry and viewpoint diversity. He has been a guest on major podcasts, including The Good Fight (Yashca Mounk/ Slate), The Fifth Column (Kmele Foster), Exploring Minds (Michele Carroll), Making Sense (Sam Harris), The Glenn Show (Bloggingheads) and The Reason Podcast. He is a columnist at Quillette; his work has also been published in Outstanding The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Spectator, National Student Award Review, City Journal and beyond. He has roughly 54k followers on Twitter. Given to an undergraduate or graduate student who has This is an impressive resume for any made vital and durable public intellectual. However, Mr. contributions to open inquiry, Hughes accomplished all this in less viewpoint diversity, and than two years, and while pursuing an constructive disagreement on undergraduate degree in philosophy their campus at Columbia University. The secret to Mr. Hughes’s success lies in his analytical acuity (he is brilliant), but also his temperament. He is fair-minded and intellectually humble — yet exudes self-confidence and composure well beyond his years. He fearlessly challenges orthodoxies and unapologetically violates taboos – not simply for the sake of doing so (he is no provocateur), but to follow the truth wherever it leads. He transgresses ideological and partisan lines without care and — perhaps most astonishingly in today’s public sphere — changes his mind about things if the facts seem to point in the other direction.

In these regards, Mr. Hughes serves as an exemplar not just for his fellow students or aspiring public intellectuals, but for all of us. Heterodox Academy has the distinct honor of having published Mr. Hughes’s first public-facing essay, “A Tale of Two Columbia Classes,” in January 2018. We have been blown away with all that he has accomplished since then, and we cannot wait to see what he has in store for us next.

And as a side note, in case you weren’t impressed enough yet, Mr. Hughes is also a world-class musician who has played with Rihanna (at the MTV Video Music Awards, no less), John Mayer, and others. He is truly an embodiment of heterodoxy! Exceptional Scholarship Award

For the academic who, through research or another form of scholarship, has best advanced knowledge of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, or constructive disagreement

KEITH E. WHITTINGTON PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Keith E. Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University. His recent book, Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech, supports why freedom of expression is integral to what universities are and the roles they are supposed to play in our society – informed by an understanding of both history and our current circumstances.

The fundamental mission of the university, he argues, is to advance and disseminate knowledge. The ultimate goal of a university community must be to “foster an environment in which competing perspectives can be laid bare, heard, and assessed.” In such a community, “unorthodox, controversial, and even wild-eyed professors” should be valued, and regarded as signs of institutional health, rather than being subject to harassment, intimidation or formal sanction – or held up as a sign of what’s wrong with higher education.

Dr. Whittington won the Association of American Publishers’ PROSE (Professional and Scholarly Excellence) Award for Education for Speak Freely. Princeton University’s president, Christopher Eisburger, assigned the book as a pre-read for all incoming freshman. Copies were also provided, free, to all Princeton undergraduates, graduates and faculty members. Since the publication of the book, Dr. Whittington has taken its message on the road, giving talks at universities nationwide on the importance of free expression for the university and for society at large. He has also made his case in public-facing forums including Chronicle of Higher Education, Aeon, and Reason.

Additionally, over the last year, Dr. Whittington has published scholarly articles exploring the value and limitations of academic speech in Fordham Law Review, Academe, and in an edited volume by Routledge. Leadership Award

For the person or group that has most effectively championed the principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in the academy and beyond

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Jonathan Zimmerman is Professor of Education and History at the University of Pennsylvania. His research explores the politics around education, especially how controversial issues are taught.

Given this focus, it is perhaps no surprise that Professor Zimmerman was one of the founding members of Heterodox Academy. He was featured in the first episode of our podcast, Half Hour of Heterodoxy. However, Professor Zimmerman was an advocate for viewpoint diversity and academic freedom well before the establishment of Heterodox Academy.

Throughout his career, he has defended colleagues who have come under attack — whether by external forces, students or administrators — despite their politics. In the classroom, he asks his students tough and provocative questions and expects them to become historically and scientifically literate about the issues to answer those questions with sufficient depth, nuance, and clarity.

Beyond the classroom, he has worked with Common Party to bring together students across institutional and political lines to better understand and engage with one another in good faith — particularly regarding divisive political and moral issues.

Professor Zimmerman also works to bridge the growing divides between institutions of higher learning and the communities they serve. He is consistently featured as one of the most influential education scholars in educational practice and policy (see: RHSU’s Edu-Scholar Public Influence rankings) and regularly advocates for academic freedom and viewpoint diversity in public-facing outlets and public talks.

Jonathan Zimmerman is the complete package. On every front — research, teaching, institutional advocacy, public engagement — he is an exemplar for how to effectively promote open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement. Courage Award SAMUEL J. ABRAMS SARAH LAWRENCE For the person or group that COLLEGE has demonstrated consistent courage in pursuing truth, and Many professors who hold views that embodies bravery in challenge a prevailing institutional championing the principles of ethos attempt to conceal their open inquiry, viewpoint ideological leanings, avoiding work on diversity, and constructive controversial topics in order to disagreement in the academy minimize the risk of drawing the ire of despite social and professional students or colleagues. In contrast, Dr. costs Abrams has virtually always been “out” as a Republican.

Rather than avoiding contentious topics, he publicly critiques orthodoxies and highlights ideological polarization. In October 2018, he published an essay in The New York Times about the severe political imbalance among university administrators. In order to illustrate how this political homogeneity plays out “on the ground,” Dr. Abrams cited examples of programming at his own college. A contingent of students at his school – egged on by some faculty and administrators – called for Dr. Abrams to be ousted from his post. In addition to demonstrations, his office was vandalized. There were harassment and intimidation campaigns. University leadership initially neglected to condemn these acts, and instead aligned themselves with the protestors – insinuating that Dr. Abrams had done something wrong in conducting his research or publishing his op-ed. His university president privately suggested to him that he should seek out alternative employment. Responding to these institutional signals, student activists continued their agitations, recently demanding that Dr. Abrams’ tenure be put up for review.

Many professors who have found themselves in similar circumstances chose to exit the academy. The experience of your campus community turning against you, or failing to support you, can lead to deep resentment. Some who have been on the receiving end of these campaigns subsequently bash students, professors, administrators, the left, and even the academic enterprise more broadly.

Instead, Dr. Abrams remains as committed as ever to highlighting positive developments, identifying exemplars, and formulating constructive and data-driven approaches to the challenges universities face. Responding to unjust treatment with this kind of grace requires a level of courage and moral conviction we desperately need more of within institutions of higher learning — and our society more broadly. Institutional Excellence Award

For the college or university that has done the most to advance or sustain open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement either on its own campus or nationally

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE CLAREMONT, CA

Beginning in the 2014-5 school year, there was a marked uptick in protests and unrest in universities nationwide. Over the next few years, they escalated into high-profile demonstrations and clashes – often leading to shout downs, disinvitations, firings, and resignations. Elite schools were hit the worst. Claremont McKenna College (CMC) was not immune. What set CMC apart was how the community rose to meet these challenges.

This year, CMC launched a new initiative, The Open Academy, to help students develop the intellectual and social skills to express themselves, debate with respect, and listen actively. The scale of this investment is perhaps unprecedented: $20 million dollars over 10 years, with multiple institutional components to inform campus culture in deep and enduring ways. Thanks to a significant grant from the Mellon Foundation, professors from different ideological vantage points co-teach courses at CMC, providing students with models for—and practice at—developing a common understanding of critical issues.

The university hosts over 100 speakers each year at its Athenaeum, the campus hub for intellectual engagement. They are one of the only liberal arts colleges in the country to earn a “green light” rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) – indicating an absence of policies threatening free expression on campus – and they are among the only schools of any kind in California to achieve that rating (alongside UCLA).

By foregrounding the ways freedom of expression, viewpoint diversity, and effective dialogue support students’ educational and developmental needs, these commitments from CMC mark a critical inflection point in the open inquiry movement. The college has moved the conversation from reaction to intention, beyond “What’s wrong?” to “Why does it matter, for students, the academic enterprise, and the country?” and “How do we fix it?”

CMC has long been known for its demanding curriculum, and for its graduates’ outstanding return on their educational investments. Under the leadership of President Hiram Chodosh, CMC has also emerged as an exemplar for open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement. REMARKS

HIRAM CHODOSH President, Claremont McKenna College

Hiram E. Chodosh is the president of Claremont McKenna College. A graduate of Wesleyan University and Yale Law School, President Chodosh is widely recognized for his innovative leadership in higher education, global justice reform, and comparative law scholarship. In 2012, National Jurist magazine named President Chodosh one of the 25 most influential people in legal education.

Under President Chodosh’s leadership, Claremont McKenna College has developed one of the country’s most successful programs in affordability and access, academic success, and post-graduate social mobility; opened several new centers and labs, including the CARE Center, the Soll Center for Student Opportunities, and the Roberts Pavilion; innovated new interdisciplinary labs in policy and data science; and spearheaded The Open Academy, an initiative to champion and support institutional commitments to freedom of expression, viewpoint diversity, and effective dialogue.

Beyond his academic leadership, President Chodosh has had a global impact through his innovations in institutional justice reform, including the development of mediation in India, the Global Justice Project: Iraq, advisory work for the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. HxA AWARDS COMMITTEE

KAREN GILLO Director of Communications, HxA

APRIL KELLY-WOESSNER Member, HxA Advisory Committee

LIZ JOYNER Executive Director, Village Square

DEBRA MASHEK Executive Director, HxA

MANU MEEL Chief Executive Officer, BridgeUSA; recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Student Group Award

JOEL WINTON Member, HxA Board of Directors THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

We would like to thank our sponsors, whose generosity made this dinner and conference possible:

Campbell Family Foundation Daniel Shuchman, Let Grow Wayne Olson and Sandra Miller The Paul E. Singer Foundation Gerry Ohrstrom Shulman Family Charitable Fund

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Asness Family Foundation The Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation Ford Foundation The Richard Lounsbery Foundation Jonathan Haidt The Rodel Foundation Leonard Leo The Stanton Foundation Richard Grinold The Walker Family Foundation Robert and Sandy Stuart Foundation The Willam E. Simon Foundation The Achelis and Bodman Foundation Thomas Smith Foundation The Darla Moore Foundation Toby Shannan The Einhorn Family Charitable Trust Triad Foundation The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation SUPPORT HxA

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OUR VISION: We aspire to help create college classrooms and campuses that welcome diverse people with diverse viewpoints and that equip learners with the habits of heart and mind to engage that diversity in open inquiry and constructive disagreement. We see an academy eager to welcome professors, students, and speakers who approach problems and questions from different points of view, explicitly valuing the role such diversity plays in advancing the pursuit of knowledge, discovery, growth and innovation. WE WORK TO: • Increase public awareness to elevate the importance of these issues on campus; • Develop tools that professors, administrators, and others can deploy to assess and then improve their campus and disciplinary cultures; • Celebrate institutions that make progress on these matters; and • Cultivate communities of practice among teachers, researchers, and administrators.

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