Office of the

Dean of the Faculty

Speeches & Articles

Convocation, Linfield College, September 2005

Playing the College Admissions Games: Some Advice, Catlin Gabel School, 2004

What is an Honor Principle? Presented at the Reed Union, March 17, 1998

Reed Paradoxes: An Admissions Essay, November 2004

A Letter to Parents of Reed Students, February 2006

Steinberger’s Defense: An Essay, Reed College Quest, November 29, 2005

Teaching and Research at Reed: A Presentation to the Board of Trustees, February 2007

Reed Magazine

The Ability to Use One’s Mind in a Disciplined Way, February 1995

Engaged in a Common Endeavor, August 1997

Growing Pains, February 2001

The (Un)changing Face of Hum 110, August 2004

A Commitment to the Sciences, November 2001

Against “Balance:” Teaching and Research at Reed College, Fall 2001