E Pluribus Unum? The Divisions Testing American Democracy featuring Peter Bearman

The 2024-25 Jepson Leadership Forum invites scholars and experts to discuss how division and polarization affect American democracy. We will explore how and why divisions have manifested historically and currently in the United States, focusing on their impact on justice, education, politics, culture, technology, and class. 

Are division and the struggle to find common ground making us stronger or tearing us apart? Join us as we search for answers to this and other questions. 

On March 4, 2025, Peter Bearman, Director of Incite Institute at Columbia University and Jonathan R. Cole Professor of Social Science at Columbia University, presents Class, Status, and Party: Polarization Dynamics and our Fragile Democratic Experiment.