Randolph-Macon College will host Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Jennifer Hochschild on November 3, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in SunTrust Theater, Brock Commons (304 Henry Street). This lecture, which is free and open to the public, is part of RMC’s Fifty Years of Diversity commemoration. Map and Directions

Jennifer Hochschild
Hochschild, who earned her B.A. from Oberlin College and her Ph.D. from Yale University, is the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her research and teaching center on the intersection of American politics and political philosophy, particularly in the areas of race, ethnicity, and immigration, and on the developing politics and ideologies around the societal use of genomic science. She is also conducting research on policy disputes within American racial and ethnic groups.

She is the coauthor of Do Facts Matter? Information and Misinformation in American Politics (with Katherine Levine Einstein, U. of Oklahoma Press, 2015); Creating a New Racial Order: How Immigration, Multiracialism, Genomics, and the Young Can Remake Race in America (with Vesla Weaver and Traci Burch, Princeton U. Press, 2012); and The American Dream and the Public Schools (with Nathan Scovronick, Oxford U. Press, 2003). Hochschild is also the author of Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation (Princeton U. Press, 1995); and What’s Fair? American Beliefs About Distributive Justice (Harvard U. Press, 1981).

Hochschild is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and founding editor of Perspectives on Politics. She has received fellowships or grants from the Library of Congress, New York University School of Law, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society Visiting Scholar Program
Since 1956, the Phi Beta Kappa Society Visiting Scholar Program has offered undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with some of America’s most distinguished scholars. The purpose of the program is to contribute to the intellectual life of the institution by making possible an exchange of ideas between the Visiting Scholars and the resident faculty and students. The 15 men and women participating during 2016-2017 will visit 110 colleges and universities with chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, spending two days on each campus and taking full part in the academic life of the institution. They will meet informally with students and faculty members, participate in classroom discussions and seminars, and give a lecture open to the university/college community and the general public. Now in its 61st year, the Visiting Scholar Program has sent 648 Scholars on 5,288 two-day visits.

Founded in 1776, the Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society. It has chapters at 286 colleges and universities and more than half a million members throughout the country. Its mission is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, to recognize academic excellence, and to foster freedom of thought and expression.

RMC’s Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
RMC’s Zeta chapter was named the outstanding chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at a liberal arts college in 2009 at that year’s triennial convention. The chapter continues to be among the top-rated chapters in the country as determined by the national association’s Committee on Chapters.

RMC Commemorates 50 Years of Diversity
September 2016 marked the 50th anniversary of desegregation at Randolph-Macon College. During the 2016-2017 academic year, RMC is offering a rich lineup of cultural events and programs to commemorate this historic milestone.

Randolph-Macon College celebrates its diverse community and ever-changing campus culture. In 1971 the college became coeducational, and today the campus is comprised of students, faculty and staff who represent a wide variety of ethnic and social backgrounds.

Cultural Arts and Events at RMC
Randolph-Macon College offers a Cultural Arts & Entertainment calendar full of events for everyone to enjoy. Come to campus to experience exceptional music and theatre productions, thought-provoking lectures and internationally recognized artists and filmmakers.