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Kerry Burch

Merritt speaker A.G. Rud to explore importance of discerning fact, fiction

October 6, 2025 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

For A.G. Rud, the view beyond his window is alarming. Rud sees George Orwell’s dystopian “1984” coming to fruition. He sees “a landscape of information, misinformation and disinformation.” He sees “authoritarian regimes disposing of information that’s not complimentary of them.” And that,

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Merritt speaker Megan J. Laverty to talk on importance of engaging children, students in discussions of philosophy

September 18, 2024 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Megan J. Laverty remembers the moment when life delivered an unexpected turn. She was a philosopher, working at the University of Melbourne in her native Australia and pursuing her Ph.D. in that exact field at the University of New South Wales. “Everything

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Kerry Burch pens new book interpreting educational effects of Jefferson’s theory

September 8, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Kerry Burch, professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, is celebrating the recent publication of ”Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose.” Published by Palgrave Macmillan, the book newly interprets the educational implications of Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary

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