Alliance for Civics in the Academy Charter Executive Committee
Josiah Ober

Josiah Ober

Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Markos & Eleni Kounalakis Chair, School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Stanford University

Josiah Ober is the Constantine Mitsotakis Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, and Founding Director of the Stanford Civics Initiative. His primary university appointment is in Political Science; he holds a secondary appointment in Classics and a courtesy appointment in Philosophy. His most recent books are Demopolis: Democracy before liberalism (2017), The Greeks and the Rational: The discovery of practical reason (2022), and The Civic Bargain: How democracy survives (2023, with Brook Manville).

 

Email: jober@stanfod.edu
Phone: (650) 387-8380

Mary L. Clark

Mary L. Clark

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, University of Denver

Mary Clark serves as the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Denver. With expertise in the areas of higher education law, women’s legal history, legal ethics, judicial politics, and property, Provost Clark also holds an appointment as professor in the Sturm College of Law. Prior to being named provost at DU, Provost Clark served as interim provost, deputy provost, and dean of faculty at American University, associate dean for faculty & academic affairs at AU’s law school, director of its doctor of juridical science program, and acting director of its Law and Government Program.

 

Email: mary.clark@du.edu

Peter Levine

Peter Levine

Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Service, Tufts University

Peter Levine is a philosopher and political scientist who specializes on civic life and has helped to develop Civic Studies as an international intellectual movement. In the domain of civic education, Levine was a co-organizer and co-author of The Civic Mission of Schools (2003), The College, Career & Citizenship Framework for State Social Studies Standards (2013) and The Educating for American Democracy Roadmap (2021). He is also the author of eight books, including most recently We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: The Promise of Civic Renewal in America (Oxford University Press, 2013) and What Should We Do? A Theory of Civic Life (Oxford University Press, 2022).

 

Email: peter.levine@tufts.edu
Phone: (617) 627-2302 

 

Jenna Silber Storey

Jenna Silber Storey

Senior Fellow, Social, Cultural, Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
​​​​​​​Co-Chair, Civic Thought Project, AEI-Johns Hopkins University

Jenna Silber Storey is a Senior Fellow in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies Division of the American Enterprise Institute and a co-chair of the Civic Thought Project, a joint endeavor of scholars from AEI and Johns Hopkins University.  She was previously Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Furman University.  Her writing has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, National Affairs, First Things, and Humanities.  She is the co-author, with Ben Storey, of Why We Are Restless:  On the Modern Quest for Contentment (Princeton University Press, 2021), and is currently working on a book titled The Art of Choosing: How Liberal Education Should Prepare You for Life.

 

Email: Jenna.storey@aei.org
Phone: (864) 517-7358

Alliance for Civics in the Academy Charter Staff
Salvatore Ingrassia

Salvatore Ingrassia

Research Program Manager, Civic Education and Democratic Citizenship

Salvatore Ingrassia earned his M.A. at University of Chicago, where his graduate research explored the role of anti-establishment attitudes—such as populism, conspiracy thinking, and distrust of expertise—in shaping contemporary American politics. Prior to this, Salvatore completed a B.A. in Political Science at UCLA.

 

Email: singrass@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 497-5408

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