AUGUST 8, 2024, NEW YORK, NY — Heterodox Academy (HxA), the non-partisan, non-profit membership organization committed to improving institutions of higher education by advocating principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement, announces four Affiliate Fellows joining its Segal Center for Academic Pluralism for fall semester, along with the four Faculty Fellows and a Postdoctoral Fellow announced earlier this year.

Affiliate Fellows are distinguished Heterodox Academy members in the New York City area who are keen to advance research on the nature and importance of open inquiry in higher education. Joining the Segal Center in this capacity for the fall are Jacqueline Gottlieb (Columbia University), Deanna Kuhn (Columbia University’s Teachers College), Lawrence Ian Reed (New York University), and Elisha Russ-Fishbane (New York University).

“Involving HxA members from the New York area as Affiliate Fellows enables the Segal Center's visiting researchers to interact with a larger group of scholars passionate about advancing open inquiry in higher education,” shared Alex Arnold, Director of Research at HxA.

The Affiliate Fellows will join this year’s visiting Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows — James Shanahan, Rebecca Roiphe, Roy Peled, Colleen Eren, and Eric Torres — for the signature Open Inquiry Workshop that occurs weekly at the Segal Center in Manhattan, where both cutting edge research on, and timeless principles of, open inquiry in higher education are discussed, debated, and refined.

The first Open Inquiry Workshop for the 2024-25 academic year will take place on September 5th. Applications for visiting faculty and postdoctoral fellowships for the 2025-26 academic year will open this fall.

Learn more about the Segal Center Fellows

Fall 2024 Affiliate Fellows

Jacqueline Gottlieb is Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University and a principal investigator at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute. Her research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying important cognitive functions, including decision making, attention, and memory.

Deanna Kuhn is Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, where she has contributed to the study of the psychology of scientific investigation, pedagogy, critical thinking, and the skills of argument.

Lawrence Ian Reed is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University, where he teaches and researches the emotions, their expression, and their evolutionary origins. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist and specializes in treating mood and personality disorders.

Elisha Russ-Fishbane is Associate Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, where he researches the history of Jewish culture, law, thought, and literature, with a special emphasis on the medieval period.

2024-25 Visiting Fellows

James Shanahan is Professor in the Media School of Indiana University, Bloomington and from 2015-2021 the Media School’s Founding Dean. He is also a member of the Observatory on Social Media and investigates the effects of mass media on individuals and societies. His research at the Segal Center as a Faculty Fellow will focus on further developing and applying the Willingness to Self-Censor scale, especially in the context of journalism education.

Rebecca Roiphe is Trustee Professor of Law at New York Law School, where she researches the history and ethics of the legal profession. She clerked for the First Circuit US Court of Appeals and was a prosecutor in Manhattan. Her research at the Segal Center as a Faculty Fellow will focus on the recent history of law school educational curricula and practice, with particular emphasis on how legal education has fostered viewpoint homogeneity in the legal profession.

Roy Peled is Associate Professor at the Haim Striks School of Law at the College of Management Academic Studies, where he researches constitutional and administrative law, public discourse and opinion, and free expression. His research at the Segal Center as a Faculty Fellow will focus on questions about how best to reconcile respect for the activist impulse of students with the university’s mission as an academic institution aimed at inquiry.

Colleen Eren is Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at William Paterson University, where she also directs the Criminology and Criminal Justice Program. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center, and has researched white-collar crime, the death penalty, and criminal justice reform social movements. Her research at the Segal Center as a Faculty Fellow will focus on describing and improving the processes by which institutions of higher education take public positions on controversial social and political issues.

Eric Torres is a PhD candidate in education at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, where he researches issues in educational and developmental psychology. His research at the Segal Center as a Postdoctoral Fellow will focus on understanding how faculty in the social sciences understand intellectual freedom.