The College and Beyond II: Outcomes of a Liberal Arts Education public colloquium series explored the links between liberal education and its outcomes, with a particular focus on democratic engagement. What is the role of liberal education in sustaining a democratic society? Can particular features of undergraduate education be linked to how likely graduates are to vote, to volunteer, and to engage in activism, both in college and beyond?
Fall 2021
The Politics of University Student Voting
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Speakers
Nancy Thomas, Director, Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University | Bio
Vincent Hutchings (discussant), Diversity and Social Transformation Professor; Hanes Walton, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Research Professor, Institute for Social Research; University of Michigan | Bio
Dave Waterhouse (discussant), Interim Co-Director, The Edward Ginsberg Center, University of Michigan | Bio
Susan Jekielek (moderator), Associate Research Scientist, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan | Bio
The Discussion Project: Learn to Discuss | Discuss to Learn
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Speakers
Diana Hess, Dean and Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Bio
Lynn Glueck, Program Director, The Discussion Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Bio
Timothy McKay (Moderator), Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy, Education, University of Michigan | Bio
Winter 2022
Student Activism in College and Beyond
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Speakers
Cassie Barnhardt, Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Iowa | Bio
Martha Biondi, Lorraine H. Morton Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University | Bio
Charles H.F. Davis III, Assistant Professor, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, School of Education, University of Michigan | Bio
Angela Dillard (moderator), Chair, Department of History, and Richard A. Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies, History, and in the Residential College, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan | Bio
How Liberal Education Advances Democratic Engagement:
New Findings from College and Beyond II
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Speakers
Michael Barr, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy; Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law; University of Michigan | Bio
Jennifer Brady, Senior Research Specialist, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan
Paul Courant (moderator), Edward M. Gramlich Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Provost Emeritus, University of Michigan | Bio
Anne Curzan, Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature, Linguistics, and Education; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; University of Michigan | Bio
Allyson Flaster, Assistant Research Scientist, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan | Bio
