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On October 5, 2026 CEHV's University Initiatives Coordinator Piers Turner gave a lecture in Boston University’s “Living Our Values Initiative” Distinguished Speaker Series. His talk, entitled …
Since its inception in 2011, the Center for Ethics and Human Values' Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society (COMPAS) program has provided our campus community with the opportunity to…
In August, Civil Discourse for Citizenship Director Kathryn Joyce and CEHV Associate Director Aaron Yarmel traveled to Yale University to lead two workshops on civil discourse.
These…
CEHV is excited to announce the return of its "Dorm Dialogues" series for the Fall 2026 semester. Facilitated by CEHV Associate Director Aaron Yarmel, these dialogues provide the opportunity for…
Artificial intelligence is everywhere—driving innovation, shaping public conversations, and raising urgent questions about its proper use. The Ohio State University even launched a new…
In an era of contentious politics and ideological polarization, many students are looking for opportunities to engage more constructively in public life. In the spirit of Ohio State’s motto – …
WOSU's Podcast All Sides with Amy Juravich recently covered CEHV's longstanding civil discourse initiatives. The episode, titled "What are the best ways to handle difficult…
CEHV is proud to present our sixth cohort of Civil Discourse Fellows! Civil Discourse Fellows are committed to bringing people with different viewpoints together to respectfully and rigorously…
As Ohio State’s trusted hub for rigorous and respectful discussion on the ethical challenges that shape our university and the broader community, the Center for Ethics and Human Values is pleased…
Associate Director Aaron Yarmel was featured in the Aces of Trades in the Newark Advocate. The article, titled "Ohio State director finds harmony in violin, ethics," covers two aspects of Yarmel's…
Wexner Center for the Arts will host CEHV Director Winston Thompson for a Flash Talk on March 5 at 5 p.m. as part of this year’s Night of Ideas program, “Enlightenment Now: Independence at 250.”…
CEHV Associate Director Aaron Yarmel has been selected as one of nine featured speakers at this year's TEDxOhioStateUniversity annual conference. The conference will be held on March 7, 12-4 pm,…
CEHV Associate Director, Aaron Yarmel, facilitated a campus-wide inquiry dialogue for OSU's first annual Buckey Day of Dialogue. Ohio State News coverage of this event can be found by clicking…
Piers Norris Turner, Associate Professor of Philosophy and CEHV's University Initiatives Coordinator, recently appeared on "In Our Time," the BBC Radio 4…
Center Associate Kate McFarland has authored two pieces for The Rewilding Institute that draw on CEHV programming to talk about conservation ethics.
In her first piece, Does Rewilding Need…
The Lantern covered CEHV's collaboration with the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning in hosting: SB 1 in Practice: Teaching Strategies that Foster Intellectual Diversity. Read…
CEHV Associate Director Dr. Aaron Yarmel was featured in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Ethics & Education podcast. You can listen to the episode, titled "Philosophy With (and for)…
The Ohio State Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Team traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday, December 6, to compete in the inaugural Ohio River Valley Regional Competition. Coaches Kathryn…
In an era of contentious politics and ideological polarization, many students are looking for opportunities to engage more constructively in public life. In the spirit of Ohio State’s motto – …
CEHV's Civil Discourse for Citizenship Program Director, Dr. Kathryn Joyce, was featured in an article in The Blade, a Toledo-based newspaper. In this article, titled "Talking…
The second year for OSU’s Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (APPE IEB) team is underway with an exciting start! On Tuesday, November 4, the CEHV…
In March of 2023, CEHV held our first dorm building dialogue. Our experiments with framing and structure over the ensuing semesters, in collaboration with Rebecca Kapusta from Housing and…
Earlier this fall, Dr. Kathryn Joyce, Program Director for the Civil Discourse for Citizenship initiative, was invited to deliver the formal keynote response at the 2025 conference of the North…
Ohio State News covered CEHV workshops and facilitated dialogues in a news piece and video published on October 23, 2025. Read and watch here.
Earlier this month, Felician University hosted an Ethics Roundtable titled “Whose Speech, Whose Streets? Navigating the Ethics of Protest in Polarized Times,” in…
Last week, Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values (CEHV) Associate Director Aaron Yarmel delivered a lecture titled “Dialogue Across Divides”…
This semester, CEHV has been hard at work helping faculty and staff prepare to teach in ways that are consistent with SB1. We have offered ten workshops so far, and eight more are…
CEHV's Aaron Yarmel co-authored "Noise Reduction in the Community of Philosophical Inquiry" in the Journal of Philosophy of Education with Maughn Gregory, the Director of the Institute for the…
Please join us in celebrating CEHV’s incoming director, Dr. Winston C. Thompson. Thompson, an internationally renowned philosopher of education concerned with social, political, and ethical issues…
Please join us in congratulating the 2024-25 recipients of the co-curricular Practicing Civil Discourse for Citizenship Certificate!
Aliyah Beitzel, Mechanical Engineering (College…
CEHV's Civil Discourse for Citizenship Program Director, Kathryn Joyce, was featured on the "When We Disagree" podcast, which uses personal narratives to explore deeper issues regarding arguments,…
In the 1960s, philosophers Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp launched a Philosophy for Children (P4C) movement based on the American Pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey, William James, and…
CEHV is very pleased to announce the second cohort of instructors and other leaders to complete our “Ethical Disagreement and Civil Discourse” teaching endorsement program,…
CEHV is very pleased to announce our undergraduate Civil Discourse Fellows for 2025-2026. This new cohort will join the 19 Civil Discourse Fellows currently on campus.
Working with CEHV…
Please join us in congratulating CEHV Civil Discourse Graduate Research Assistant Jamie Herman for being hired into the role of Associate Director of Educational…
Ohio State's Shared Values remain key components of who we are as a university community. They have become deeply integrated into our formal and informal practices--finding their way into…
Each year, CEHV sponsors two awards at OSU's Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum for research on topics related to our core mission. The Center for Ethics and Human Values Award …
Dorm buildings are places where students cultivate lifelong friendships and take important steps towards living independently from their families. But these experiences in shared living often come…
On February 13, 2025, eleven students from the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society and Kathryn Joyce, director of CEHV's Civil Discourse for Citizenship program, attended a Discussion…
CEHV’s Civil Discourse Graduate Research Associate, Jamie Herman, was interviewed on the connection between education and peacebuilding by the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Global Engagement at…
In a recent article in The Lantern, CEHV Director, Piers Turner, and Civil Discourse Program Director, Kathryn…
CEHV's Director of Civil Discourse Programming, Dr. Kathryn Joyce, shared tips for navigating tough conversations over the holidays in a recent article in Poynter, "4 expert tips for more gobbling…
CEHV Associate Director, Dr. Aaron Yarmel, recently interviewed Dr. Jane Gatley, a philosopher of education at Swansea University, for the Book Talk series of the Institute for the Advancement of…
The Center for Ethics and Human Values recently began sponsoring the first ever Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (IEB) teams at The Ohio State University. On November 16, two OSU teams participated in…
CEHV is very pleased to announce our undergraduate Civil Discourse Fellows for 2024-2025. Working with CEHV faculty and program director, Kathryn Joyce, our fellows plan and moderate Civil…
Ohio State News recently interviewed CEHV Associate Director Aaron Yarmel about the new Listen. Learn. Discuss. platform, CEHV’s workshops and approach to civil discourse, and…
Since 2017, Ohio State has participated in the Columbus Foundation's "The Big Table" initiative, bringing together parties from across OSU's campus to participate in a community conversation. CEHV…
One of CEHV’s main programs—CARE, or “Conversations About Research Ethics”— offers Ohio State researchers a distinctive opportunity to deepen their engagement with research ethics,…
A recent article in The Lantern spotlights CEHV's civil discourse programming. The article features interviews with Kathryn Joyce (CEHV's Civil Discourse Program Director) and Aaron…
CEHV is pleased to announce that Dr. Kyle Stroh has recently joined us as the new Civil Discourse for Citizenship Postdoctoral Researcher. In that role, Kyle will support CEHV's mission of…
Last week, Ohio State unveiled a new initiative, called Listen. Learn. Discuss:
"a set of skill-based resources focused on helping members of our community…
On July 16, 2024, from 7:00-8:00 PM, CEHV Associate Director, Dr. Aaron Yarmel, will co-facilitate a workshop with Ariel Sykes. This workshop will introduce participants to techniques for showing…
Professor Sahar Heydari Fard (Philosophy; CEHV steering committee) was interviewed by David Staley for the College of Arts and Sciences' "Voices of Excellence" podcast.
Her episode from May…
CEHV is very pleased to announce the first cohort of instructors to complete our new “Ethical Disagreement and Civil Discourse” teaching endorsement program, offered in…
This fall CEHV launched a new Practicing Civil Discourse for Citizenship certificate program to provide opportunities for interested students to prepare for constructive public engagement by…
CEHV would like to congratulate one of our former graduate student associates, Ali Kaveh Aenehzodaee, for his success on the job market! He will be taking up a tenure-track…
Izza Haq, an alumnus of CEHV's Conversations on Morality, Politics and Society (ARTSSCI 2400) course, recently wrote an article for The Lantern about CEHV's dialogue facilitation efforts…
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education explores the challenges faced by colleges in response to violence in Israel and Palestine. The article highlights the efforts made by colleges…
On February 29, 2024 CEHV Director Piers Turner discussed the connection between his philosophical work and the Center's "Civil Discourse for Citizenship" project. This 25 minute…
CEHV was pleased to honor exceptional undergraduate research this month by offering two awards at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum:
Center for Ethics and Human Values…
The Lantern newspaper published an article highlighting CEHV's recent exhibition, COMPAS Directions: A Decade of Ethical Exploration.
Working…
CEHV's Aaron Yarmel published a guest column in the Columbus Dispatch about university efforts to engage with students about what is going on in Israel and Palestine. While educating students…
The Center for Ethics and Human Values is pleased to announce its new Scarlet Canvas course entitled:
By introducing the 4Cs of…
Through its multifaceted programming for students, staff, and faculty at OSU, CEHV’s Civil Discourse for Citizenship Program is committed to fostering civil discourse on campus and…
Naomi Scheinerman, Assistant Professor of Bioethics in the Division of Bioethics (COM) and a steering committee member of CEHV, has published a target article in The American Journal of Bioethics…
At the November meeting of Ohio State's Board of Trustees, Provost Gilliam pointed to the University's progress report on its Academic Plan. Under "Goal 4: Strengthen Talent, Culture, and…
CEHV Director Piers Turner (Department of Philosophy) has co-authored a new interdisciplinary book, Business Data Ethics: Emerging Models for Governing AI and Advanced Analytics, with an…
CEHV Civil Discourse Fellows Mohamed Manaa, Elyse Reed, and Jacob Scheinblum served as moderators for the recent political debate on Ohio Issues 1 and 2, organized by Christian Harsa and Josie…
CEHV's Aaron Yarmel Leads Interactive Civil Discourse Workshop at Madison Vegan Fest
CEHV's Associate Director, Dr. Aaron Yarmel, facilitated a workshop at Madison Vegan…
On September 28, CEHV joined the Office of Compliance and Integrity to host a Shared Values Summit. The Summit brought together 116 OSU community members, including staff, faculty, and students,…
CEHV Associate Director, Dr. Aaron Yarmel, recently published an editorial in the Columbus Free Press: Animal Exploitation Viewed Through the Extraterrestrial Mirror.
In his piece, Aaron…
CEHV is pleased to announce that Jamie Herman will join us as a GRA starting in the autumn semester. She will play a key role in supporting our Civil Discourse for Citizenship, Dialogue…
CEHV is pleased to announce that Kathryn Joyce has recently joined us as the new Civil Discourse Program Director. In that role, she will further the center's mission of building a culture of…
Journalist Lucas Daprile interviewed CEHV Director Piers Turner about the importance of civil discourse in today's political environment for a new series from cleveland.com. Read all three…
The Conversation has featured an article by CEHV's Piers Turner and Dennis Hirsch, Professor in the Moritz College of Law and Director of its Program on Data and Governance, on the topic of…
The Inter-Religious Council of Linn County was formed in 1993, in order to encourage understanding, respect, and friendship among persons of different faiths in Linn County, Iowa. One of their…
CEHV/College of Pharmacy Postdoc Jason Chen has begun a new YouTube series dedicated to providing commentary on issues relating to bioethics and philosophy in general. After doing his PhD in…
The Center for Ethics and Human Values offers a 3-credit course for undergraduates called "Conversations about Morality, Politics, and Society" that addresses debates about freedom of speech and…
A brand new part of CEHV's Civil Discourse for Citizenship Initiative is our Dialogue Facilitation and Skill-Building Program. Led by CEHV Associate Director Aaron Yarmel, this project advances…
A brand new part of CEHV's Civil Discourse for Citizenship Initiative is our dialogue facilitation project. Led by CEHV Associate Director Aaron Yarmel, this project advances OSU's Shared Values…
On March 8, ten students from Ohio State's undergraduate PPE Society attended a discussion between economists Arthur Laffer and Robert Reich hosted by the New Albany Center for Civil Discourse and…
Center Associate Kate McFarland has recently been appointed as Deputy Director of The Rewilding Institute (TRI), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting landscape-scale conservation in…
CEHV is very pleased to share that the important work of our Civil Discourse Fellows has been recognized by President Kristina Johnson and by the the Office of Academic Affairs.
In her…
CEHV's Ali Kaveh Aenehzodaee is co-organizing a graduate philosophy conference through The Ohio State University chapter of Minorities and Philosophy. CEHV is proud to be a sponsor of the…
CEHV's Piers Norris Turner joined "More Human" host Matt Jordan for a discussion on the value of studying philosophy and the humanities,
They covered CEHV's efforts with the new Philosophy,…
CEHV is very pleased to announce our undergraduate Civil Discourse Fellows for 2023. Working with CEHV faculty, our fellows plan and moderate our Civil Discourse Forums and serve as…
In Autumn 2021, after receiving feedback from hundreds of students, the Center for Ethics and Human Values (CEHV) launched its Civil Discourse for Citizenship program and…
CEHV Associate Director Aaron Yarmel and Ariel Sykes (Assistant Director of the Ethics Institute at Kent Place School) will present a workshop about philosophical dialogue facilitation for…
CEHV is very pleased to announce our nine new ETHOS Fellows, joining nearly 75 other members of the Ohio State community who have completed the program over the last two years. They are:
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CEHV Steering Committee members – Sahar Heydari Fard, Eric MacGilvray, Emma Saunders-Hastings, and Piers Norris Turner – all gave presentations at the annual Philosophy, Politics, and Society (PPE…
CEHV Associate Director, Aaron Yarmel, interviewed Megan Jane Laverty (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University) and Maughn Rollins Gregory …
Alesondra (Alex) Christmas, an ABD Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Dance, continues to spread anti-racist praxis in the arts with new Scarlet Canvas Courses “Anti-Racism in the Arts: the…
CEHV Steering Committee member Eric MacGilvray has published a new book from Cambridge University Press entitled Liberal Freedom: Pluralism, Polarization, and Politics.
From…
Mary Alice Casey, the editor of Ohio State Alumni Magazine, has interviewed CEHV Director Piers Turner for its Fall 2022 issue, to highlight Ohio State's new Shared Values Initiative…
Ideastream Public Media's Sound of Us series has featured a story by OSU undergraduate Kendal Harris on the generational trauma of racism.
Harris served as a summer…
CEHV Center Associate Kate McFarland has been invited to join the Editorial Board of The Ecological Citizen, a free, independent, peer-reviewed journal focused on…
Since 2014, CEHV has hosted more than 150 events and posted 125 videos from those events on our YouTube Channel. We thought this summer would be a good time to look back and share some of our most…
CEHV Steering Committee member Emma Saunders-Hastings (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science) was featured in a column in the The New Yorker this week,…
This summer Aaron Yarmel will join CEHV as the new Associate Director.
Yarmel comes to Ohio State from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he completed his…