On Tuesday, November 2, Ohio State's Shared Values Initiative (SVI) continues its Community Conversations series with a conversation on the values of Diversity and Innovation. SVI's Community Conversations encourages reflection on the values that shape life and work at the university.
The conversation will focus on the topic "Diversity and Innovation: Shared Values for the Civic Work of Connecting People and Ideas" and will feature:
Meira Levinson (Harvard University)
Meira Levinson is Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, co-director of the Graduate Fellowship Program at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Director of the Democratic Knowledge Project. An internationally regarded normative political philosopher, Levinson’s most recent books include Democratic Discord in Schools: Cases and Commentaries in Educational Ethics (2019, with Jacob Fay), Dilemmas of Educational Ethics: Cases and Commentaries (2016, with Jacob Fay), Making Civics Count (2012, with David Campbell and Frederick Hess) and No Citizen Left Behind (2012).
Winston Thompson (The Ohio State University)
Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies, College of Education and Human Ecology, and (by courtesy) in the Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. He is also a member of the steering committee of the Center for Ethics and Human Values.
If you require accommodations such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this online event, please contact CEHV Associate Director Kate McFarland (mcfarland.309@osu.edu).
Requests made 10 days prior to the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will also make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
