Five Disruptive Principles in the Liberal Arts Series: Agency and Responsibility
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Online Event
5 PM New York l 10 PM Vienna
AltLiberalArts' “Five Disruptive Principles in the Liberal Arts” series explores the core values that define an exceptional liberal arts education. The first event will explore "Agency/Responsibility" with moderator Susan Burns and panelists Sophia Brown and Dan Chambliss. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to engage with innovative thought leaders as they share their vision of how these principles empower students and educators alike.
Susan Burns spent 34 years as a writer and editor for SagaCity Media (formerly Gulfshore Media) in Sarasota, where she was founding editor of a regional business magazine and editor-in-chief of Sarasota Magazine before retiring in 2022. A New College alum, she sat on the New College Foundation board from 2020 to 2024 and served as chair of the governance committee.
Sophia Brown is the Program Coordinator of PEN America Florida. She graduated from New College in 2023, where she studied English with a slash in Rhetoric in Writing and served as the Editor in Chief of the student-run newspaper, the Catalyst, from Fall 2021 to Spring 2023.
Daniel F. Chambliss (B.A. New College, 1975; PhD Yale University, 1982) is the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Hamilton College, and co-author, with his former student Chris Takacs, of How College Works. He is also co-author, with Russell Schutt, of Making Sense of the Social World, a research methods text currently in its fifth edition.