Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
He is a Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, the director of its Center for Ethics in Society, and co-director of its Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). Reich"s work currently focuses on the intersection of philanthropy and education with the public sector. Reich is a political theorist and his work focuses on various topics in liberal democratic theory.
He also co-edited "Occupy the Future" with David Grusky, Doug McAdam, and Debra Satz.
His current work focuses mainly on the role of philanthropy in democratic societies. Reich"s scholarship on the charitable tax deduction, Teach for America, and non-profit status is frequently cited in the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
He is a contributor to the Boston Review, a magazine co-edited by former Stanford political science professor Joshua Cohen. Reich was the lead author of their 2013 forum on foundations and democracy, writing the essay entitled, "What are Foundations Foreign?".
He is also a Bass Fellow in Undergraduate Education for "extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education."
In 2001, Reich and Debra Satz founded the non-profit Hope House Scholars Program to teach the liberal arts to women in Hope House, a substance abuse treatment center for women in Redwood City, California.
The pair received the Roland Prize from Stanford for their work on the program Reich received his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Yale University and his Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy of education from Stanford University. He served as an early corps member in Teach for America, during which he taught sixth grade in Houston, Texas.
He is often confused with Robert Reich, professor of political science at the University of California - Berkeley and former secretary of the department of labor.
His first book, "Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in Education," was published in 2003.