The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership announced its “Broadening the View from the Ivory Tower” event on March 13 at the Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club. The event brings together academic and nonacademic experts to consider the psychological and sociological dynamics that influence viewpoint diversity on campus and possible avenues for reform.
Check in begins at 11:30 a.m. with a program beginning at noon. Yoel Inbar, Alex Morey, Jenna Robinson, and George Yancy will facilitate a solutions-focused discussion on the current challenges and opportunities in free speech, viewpoint diversity, and climate on campus. Inbar is an author and associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto; Morey is an attorney and the director of campus rights advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression; Robinson is the president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal; and Yancy is a professor of sociology at Baylor University.
The event is free and open to the public. Registration is available here.
