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John Tomasi, D.Phil.
President, Heterodox AcademyJohn Tomasi is the inaugural President of Heterodox Academy. Tomasi taught at Brown University for 27 years, where he was the Romeo Elton 1843 Professor of Natural Theology. He holds an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Arizona, and a B.Phil. and D.Phil. in philosophy from Oxford University.
Author Contributions
The Vanderbilt-WashU Report Doesn’t Threaten Academic Freedom. It Defends it.
August 3, 2026Grade inflation didn’t just corrupt transcripts. It corrupted curiosity
June 5, 2026How to Think About Viewpoint Diversity: A Conversation with Cass Sunstein
June 2, 2026Keep Politics Out of Commencement Speeches
May 19, 2026The Podium Belongs to the Graduates: A Defense of Commencement Neutrality
May 18, 2026The Heterodox View of Viewpoint Diversity
March 10, 2026How Can We Get Viewpoint Diversity in Higher Ed
March 5, 2026Institutional Neutrality vs. Institutional Counterspeech
February 26, 2026Colleges Are Not Moral Actors
January 30, 2026Opinion: What ‘civic dialogue’ programs leave out
December 26, 2025Campus Leaders Can’t Avoid Viewpoint Diversity in Pursuit of Open Inquiry
December 4, 2025The University at a Crossroads — And How We Can Build Cultures of Open Inquiry
November 18, 2025Why Universities Need Inside Reformers
October 2, 2025Looking Ahead Together: A New Academic Year with HxA
September 3, 2025Heading Out West for HxA's First Regional Conference
August 4, 2025What the Manhattan Statement Gets Wrong on University Reform
July 21, 2025Donald Trump, Henry VIII, and the Dissolution of the Universities
July 2, 2025“Cancellation of the Liberal Creed”?
June 18, 2025The Turning Tide for Open Inquiry in Higher Education
June 2, 2025Truth, Power, Responsibility — and Opportunity
May 6, 2025Harvard showed a spine. Now comes the hard part.
April 15, 2025Agents of Change in the Era of Trump
March 31, 2025How to Write a Job Advertisement: Lessons from the CUNY Affair
March 12, 2025HxA on the Road: A Visit to Western Michigan University
March 1, 2025Public Forum Spring 2025: "The Future of Open Inquiry Online and on Campus"
February 27, 2025Tenure: Defend or Reform? A Heterodox Conversation™
February 20, 2025A University the World has Never Seen
February 6, 2025HxA, Open Inquiry, and the Second Trump Administration
February 3, 2025HxA Shares Federal Priorities with President Trump in Inauguration Day Letter
January 21, 2025Dragons, Opportunities, and the Year Ahead for HxA
January 6, 2025The MIT Great Climate Policy Debate
November 14, 2024A University the World Has Never Seen
October 8, 2024Unpacking the “End Woke Higher Education Act”: Implications for HxA on Campus (HxA Members Only)
September 25, 2024Boycotts for Freedom? Unpacking the AAUP’s New Stand on Academic Boycotts
August 22, 2024HxA Statement on AAUP’s Reversal on Academic Boycotts
August 20, 2024The State of the Academy - 2024 by John Tomasi
July 1, 20242024 Conference Recap: A Letter from the President
June 20, 2024Where HxA Stands on the Campus Protests: A Letter from the President
May 7, 2024HxA Pop-Up Conversation on the Current Campus Protests
April 30, 2024Pop-up Conversation: Current Campus Protests with John Tomasi & Musa al-Gharbi
April 30, 2024Diversity Statements in Academia Webinar
April 25, 2024From Rhetoric to Reality: The Past, Present, and Future of Diversity Statements in Academia
April 23, 2024Contribute a Resource
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