MoMent

National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic
Engagement Members
Derek Barker, Program Offcer,
Kettering Foundation, and author
of Tragedy and Citizenship: Conflict,
Reconciliation, and Democratic Politics
from Haemon to Hegel
Richard Guarasci, President of
Wagner College, and political
science scholar whose leadership
has led to Wagner’s award-winning
civic programs
Donald W. Harward, President
Emeritus of Bates College, and
Director of the national civic
initiative Bringing Theory to Practice
Sylvia Hurtado, Professor and
Director of the Higher Education
Research Institute at UCLA, where
she researches student educational
outcomes, campus climates, and
diversity in higher education
Eric Liu, founder of The Guiding
Lights Network and co-author (with
Nick Hanauer) of The True Patriot
and The Gardens of Democracy: A
New American Story of Citizenship,
the Economy, and the Role of
Government
Gale Muller, Vice Chairman
of Worldwide Research and
Development for Gallup, where
he has overseen research on the
voices of citizens in more than
130 countries
Brian Murphy, President of De
Anza College since 2004, where
he spearheaded the creation of De
Anza’s Institute for Community and
Civic Engagement
Eboo Patel, Founder and Executive
Director of Interfaith Youth Core
(IFYC) and author of the awardwinning
book Acts of Faith: The Story
of an American Muslim, the Struggle
for the Soul of a Generation
Carol Geary Schneider, President
of the Association of American
Colleges and Universities, which
promotes liberal education as a
resource for economic creativity and
democratic vitality
David Scobey, Executive Dean of
The New School and founder of
the University of Michigan Arts of
Citizenship Program to foster the
role of the arts, humanities, and
design in civic life
Kathleen Maas Weigert, Carolyn
Farrell, BVM, Professor of Women
and Leadership, and Assistant to the
Provost for Social Justice Initiatives
at Loyola University Chicago
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