“Celebrate UNC Asheville” Roundtable One: Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Vital Role for the Future of Our Democracy

This roundtable talk will be led by Jon Peede, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Chief Academic Officer and Provost at the University of the District of Columbia. UNC Asheville faculty respondents include Dr. Patrick Bahls, Honors Program Director and Professor of Mathematics; and Dr. Lyndi Hewitt, Sara and Joseph Breman Professor of Social Relations and Associate Professor of Sociology, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program Director; and Dr. Keya Maitra, Professor of Philosophy and the Thomas Howerton Distinguished Professor of Humanities.

Mr. Jon Peede, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has served as publisher of the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR) at the University of Virginia and as director of the NEA Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience program, among many other roles.

Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, has held a number of academic leadership positions, including president of Mount Holyoke College, and has written extensively on medical ethics, metaphysics, public policy, and the philosophy of law.

Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Chief Academic Officer and Provost at the University of the District of Columbia.