Past Viewpoint Diversity Events

May 23, 2022

Free Speech 2022 Conference: Why Viewpoint Diversity Is Central to a Liberal Arts Education

Keynote Lecture:
Robert P. George
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University

Date	Description	Moderator and Speakers	Video Link
5/23/22	Free Speech 2022 Conference Academia: The Root of Our Problems?" Malibu, CA Pepperdine University	Panelists: Kassy Dillon (MPP '21), Director of Digital Engagement, Stand for America Jon Shields, Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College Brad Wilcox, Director, National Marriage Project, University of Virginia Moderator: Gail Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego	Watch the Root of Our Free Speech Problems
5/23/22	Free Speech 2022 Conference Building Institutions to Defend Free Speech" Malibu, CA Pepperdine University	Interview with Bion Bartning, Founder and President of FAIR, and Pete Peterson, Braun Family Dean, Pepperdine School of Public Policy	Watch Building Institutions to Defend Free Speech
11/9/21	Live Not By Lies Conference Panel 1: Education Malibu, CA Pepperdine University	Panelists: Mari Barke, President, Orange County (CA) Board of Education Joshua Katz, fmr. Cotsen Professor, Princeton University Habi Zhang (MPP '17), Writer, The American	Watch Education Panel
10/16/19	Give Me Liberty or Give Me Permission? Panel 3: Freedom to Speak: Speech Codes, Title IX, and the Fight for Free Inquiry on Campus Costa Mesa, Orange County	Panelists: Inez Feltscher Stepman, Independent Women's Forum Kevin Kiley, California State Assembly, 6th Assembly District Casey Mattox, Americans for Prosperity R. Shep Melnick, Boston College Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Jon Shields, Claremont McKenna College Moderator: Pete Peterson, Pepperdine School of Public Policy	Watch Freedom to Speak
1/31/2019	Are American College Campuses 'Free Speech Zones'?	Panelists: Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School Amy Wax, University of Pennsylvania Law School Moderator: Robert Kaufman, Pepperdine School of Public Policy	Watch Are American Colleges Free Speech Zones
1/8/19	Viewpoint Diversity: The Growing "Viewpoint Diversity" Movement on America's College Campuses, and What You Can Do. Mountain View, CA In partnership with the Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley	Speaker: Pete Peterson, dean, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University	Watch Viewpoint Diversity on College Campuses
6/28/2018	Viewpoint Diversity: Restoring America for Higher Education as the Marketplace of Ideas Toward a Conservatism of Connection: Reclaiming the American Project Malibu, CA In partnership with the American Project	Panelists: Kaitlyn S. Carwin (MPP '18), The American Project James Kirchick, Brookings Institution Heather MacDonald, Manhattan Institute Sarah Ruger, Charles Koch Institute Jon Shields, Claremont McKenna College Moderator: Pete Peterson, Pepperdine School of Public Policy	Watch Restoring America for Higher Education
5/11/2017	American Enterprise Institute Washington, DC In partnership with the Pacific Research Institute	Presenter: Jon Shields Associate Professor, Claremont McKenna College Author, Passing on the Right: Conservative Professor in the Progressive University Response: Samuel J. Abrams, American Enterprise Institute Panelists: Samuel J. Abrams, American Enterprise Institute Gerard Alexander, University of Virginia Eliot Cohen, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies James Gimpel, University of Maryland Samuel Goldman, The George Washington University Moderator: Pete Peterson, Pepperdine School of Public Policy	Watch Viewpoint Diversity in American Higher Education
1/27/2017	Omni Hotel San Francisco, CA In partnership with the Pacific Research Institute	Presenter: Jon Shields Associate Professor, Claremont McKenna College Author, Passing on the Right: Conservative Professor in the Progressive University Panelists: Russell Berman, Hoover Institution David Brady, Stanford University Henry Brady, University of California, Berkeley Michael W. McConnell, Hoover Institution Moderator: Pete Peterson, Pepperdine School of Public Policy	Watch Education Panel with PRI
9/26/2016	California Club Los Angeles, CA	Presenter: Jon Shields, Claremont McKenna College Author, Passing on the Right: Conservative Professor in the Progressive University Panelists: Dr. Bradley Campbell, California State University, Los Angeles Dr. Ted McAllister, Pepperdine University, School of Public Policy Dr. John Matsusaka, Marshall School of Business Dr. Gabriel Rossman, University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Pete Peterson, Pepperdine School of Public Policy