Since 2002, thousands of professors beginning with Harvard, MIT, Yale and Brown have engaged in The Faculty Roundtable dinner-discussions, experiencing the potential to bring added depth to their lives as scholars and educators. The Faculty Roundtable in New York City was launched in Spring 2018 with presentations given by MIT's Ian Hutchinson and Brown's Ken Miller.
Roundtables are dedicated to fostering dialogue that explores the intersection of current academic thought with ethics, worldview, research and every shade of religious and non religious thought on issues related to science, philosophy and religion. Select community leaders are invited to ensure a diversity of viewpoints.
The event includes dinner, wine, dessert and discussion after brief remarks from our presenters. At the close of our evening, we include time for questions and comments directed to each other and to our presenters.
The Roundtables have been historically funded by the John Templeton Foundation, a philanthropic catalyst for discoveries related to the big questions of human purpose and ultimate reality. Recently, however, they have been sponsored by generous donors and foundations who are invested in the intersection of science, philosophy and faith.
Faculty Co-Chairs
Fiona Dieffenbacher Associate Professor of Fashion, Associate Dean, School of Fashion, Parsons School of Design, The New School
Kate Fitzgerald Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Seth Freeman Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and Organizational Management, NYU
Alex De Sherbinin Deputy Director and Senior Research Scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of the Earth Institute at Columbia University