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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.” – AAC&U The mission of the Association of American Colleges and Universities is to advance the vitality and public standing of liberal education by making quality and equity the foundations for excellence in undergraduate education in service to democracy. CONNECT VISIT Heterodoxacademy.org FOLLOW US Twitter: @HdxAcademy Facebook: @heterodoxacademy HASHTAGS #HxAConference #OpenInquiryAwards TO ACCESS WIFI Network: Sheraton Meeting WIFI Passcode: Heterodox PHOTOGRAPHY NOTICE Please note: HxA, its media partners, and others will be photographing/videotaping the event. By participating in the event, you are consenting to be photographed/filmed. HxA may use any photography/videos taken at the event for its promotional and other business purposes. HxA has no control over what third parties may do with your name, image, or likeness. If you are taking photographs/videos, please be respectful of all participants. It is your responsibility to secure all rights prior to using any person’s name, image, and likeness. Our full policy is available at the registration table. Please contact a member of the HxA staff with any questions you may have. TONIGHT’S MENU Braised Apple and Baby Kale Salad WITH WALNUTS, TRIPLE CREAM BRIE AND ROASTED RED GRAPES, CHAMPAGNE DIJON VINAIGRETTE Citrus-Glazed Wild Striped Bass WITH FENNEL AND POACHED GARLIC TAPENADE ON TUSCAN WHITE BEANS AND SWISS CHARD RAGOUT, WHITE WINE SHALLOT REDUCTION Toasted Coconut Mango Meringue MANGO COULIS WITH SEASONAL BERRIES 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. 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. TONIGHT’S HOSTS 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.
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