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Cultivating Civic Friendship
No full textProfessor Randall Curren\u27s presentation addresses the cultivation of civic friendship on university campuses and the extent to which efforts to promote character development and inter-group contact on these campuses is, or could be, beneficial for the civic culture of the institutions and the larger society. Key questions include: What contributes to the formation of civic friendship and what undermines it? What efforts do universities make to promote inter-group understanding, trust, and willingness to work together for the greater good? What are the limitations of their ability to shape student culture in ways favorable to civic friendship? Where is there room for improvement?
Randall Curren is Professor and Co-Chair of Philosophy and Professor of Education (secondary) at the University of Rochester. He was the Ginny and Robert Loughlin Founders’ Circle Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (2012-2013) and held concurrent research professorships at the Royal Institute of Philosophy (London) and the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham (England) in 2013-2015. His recent and forthcoming works include Patriotic Education in a Global Age, with historian Charles Dorn (University of Chicago Press, 2018), Living Well Now and in the Future: Why Sustainability Matters, with geologist Ellen Metzger (MIT Press, 2017; Beijing Normal University Press, 2021, in Chinese), and the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Education (2022). His current projects are focused on well-being in education and education for civic friendship.
Professor Curren\u27s talk was delivered on July 11, 2022, for the Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy held in Clinton, New York
Mother Elinor and the God House
No full textMother Elinor might be considered the first American woman to head a Jezreelite commune in her own right. Unfortunately for Mother Elinor, her reign at the God House was brief, lasting approximately three months, because in March 1907 the press began to ask questions. Mother Elinor seemed to bear a striking resemblance to Ann O’Delia Diss Debar, whose criminal career began with bilking wealthy older people with her psychic abilities and moved on to infiltrating established communes to swindle yet larger group of people.
The history of the God House, though relatively brief in comparison to other communal societies, is still very important in understanding the Southcottian tradition in America. Though Queen Elinor proved to be a false prophet, her brief stint with the colony underscores qualities within the ingathering of steadfast faith: acceptance of female leadership, resilience, and hope for the return of Shiloh. It is unfortunate that these same qualities put them at risk from the likes of Ann O’Delia Diss Debar
Motive, Means, and Opportunity: Ayer Shutterbugs Shoot the Shakers
Get PDFThis 1890s to 1918 photographic legacy of the Harvard Community held by the Ayers Library makes it possible for us to see the faces of some of the last Shakers and the built environment as the last Harvard Shakers saw it. In particular we get a glimpse of the physical condition of their community before its sale to Fiske Warren in 1918.
By no means the only photos taken of the Harvard Shaker community in its final years, this body of photographic evidence holds a special place in that it was created through the eyes of the Shaker’s neighbors with whom they had family, personal, or business connections.
When we consider that in the last thirty years of the Harvard Society’s existence that there were only a few Shakers left to document the life of the community, and of those only two or three wrote down anything of substance, these photos supplement that meager written record with a visual narrative. That is especially true of the North Family for which we have virtually no written records. In all, they give an incomplete but valuable view of the Harvard Shaker Village and some of its inhabitants during its final years
The Mathematics of Misinformation
Get PDFThe spread of false or misleading information online is destructive to our society and democracy. From a mathematical perspective, how do social media networks and algorithms enable the spread of misinformation on the internet, and how can it be fixed?https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/posters/1015/thumbnail.jp
The Effect of Social Media on Polarization
Get PDFThis poster attempts to look at the impact of social media on political polarization in the United States. Since the 2016 elections, there has been a shift in the political parties and their constituencies away from the center. Some have argued that a large part of this is due to the algorithms that social media use.https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/posters/1013/thumbnail.jp
Arthur Once and Future: Death, Disunity, and Temporal Disjunction in The Awntyrs off Arthure
No full textCollege as the Great Equalizer: The Relationship Between Social Class and Career Preparedness
No full textHigher education institutions are frequently viewed as class equalizers within American society. However, prior research suggests many colleges and universities in the United States may actually work to maintain and perpetuate class inequalities. I use original data collected at a small liberal arts college in the Northeast to examine the relationship between pre-college social class background and career preparedness levels. More specifically, I investigate if the resources students use to obtain a job in their desired career field differ by social class and if there are any differences for students interested in a business or law career. I find that social class background is not significantly associated with how prepared students feel to obtain a job in their desired career field. Results show that students use similar resources to build their resumes regardless of social class background but that students tap into different social networks for career-related guidance based on class background. Finally, results suggest there are no significant differences for students interested in elite career fields of business or law. These findings suggest all colleges and universities may work to implement policies to prepare and provide resources for all students, regardless of social class background, to enter their desired career upon graduation
Belonging in Math and How it’s Affected by Groupwork
Get PDFInteractions in groups for class assignments are an important part of a student’s sense of belonging in mathematics and other academic disciplines. This sense of belonging has an impact on the student’s sense of self as well as their academic performance.https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/posters/1010/thumbnail.jp