This interactive session will explore how we evaluate success, influence, and achievement and rethink how we define a successful and important life. Participants will form smaller groups to discuss new ways to approach how we judge our choices.
Pre-read: “Second Opinion: Another View of Influence” by Jill Dolan
Moderator: Jill Dolan, Dean of the College, Annan Professor in English and Professor of Theater Studies in the Lewis Center for the Arts
Small group discussions facilitated by:
Betsy Armstrong, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
Wendy Belcher, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and African American Studies
Sandra Bermann, Professor of Comparative Literature and Head of Whitman College
Alison Boden, Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel
Wendy Heller, Scheide Professor of Music History and Chair, Department of Music
Melissa Lane, Class of ’43 Professor of Politics; Director, Center for Human Values
Rosina Lozano, Assistant Professor of History and the Program in Latino/a Studies
Erika Milam, Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies, History of Science
Julie Roth, Rabbi, Center for Jewish Life
Nicole Shelton, Professor of Psychology; Head of Butler College
Stacey Sinclair, Professor of Psychology; Head of Mathey College
Stacy Wolf, Professor of Theatre, Director, Program in Music Theatre, Lewis Center for the Arts
Friday, October 5
3:00 p.m. — 4:30 p.m.
McCosh Hall – Room 50
Alison Boden
Jill Dolan
Melissa Lane
Nicole Shelton
Stacey Sinclair