The Allbritton Center

Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life

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The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life continues Wesleyan’s commitment to preparing students for lives as active citizens and for leadership. It seeks to support Wesleyan’s tradition of the scholar-teacher by encouraging faculty research in a manner that directly benefits and enhances student learning. The Center reflects changes that have transpired across the social scientific disciplines. These include the creation of new multidisciplinary ventures, the growing number of studies employing multiple methodologies, and the rethinking of the idea of the public in a variety of intellectual and social movements. In addition, university-based intellectuals have been rethinking their connection to the greater public and, consequently, are forging knowledge-seeking alliances with innovators and leaders in government and the corporate world. Social scientists are developing innovative and productive relationships with other sectors of the public, including artists, grass-roots activists, and independent scholars. Our students are energized and excited by these developments. The Center enables Wesleyan to focus resources, encourage curricular innovation, new research and scholarship, and foster greater public understanding and responsibility.

The Allbritton Center is made possible by the generous support of Robert ’92 and Elena ’93 Allbritton.

Guns and Gun Violence Panel - February 6, 2013

Part 1 - Introduction and Saul Cornell, Fordham University, History

Part 2 - Matthew Miller, Harvard University, Health Policy and Management

Part 3 - Kristin Goss, Duke University, Public Policy and Political Science

Part 4 - Panel Discussion and Audience Questions, John Dankosky, WNPR



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ACSPL Working Paper Series

The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life Working Paper Series features original research conducted by Wesleyan faculty on problems of public life. Learn more…