What is the place of scientific expertise in a democracy? How has public health policy changed and been debated across American history?

Join Persis Drell (Provost, Emerita; James and Anna Marie Spilker Professor; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Physics), Steven Goodman (Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and of Medicine) and Kathryn Olivarius (Associate Professor of History) for a wide-ranging discussion of these issues.

This event is part of the course “America at 250,” which reflects on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The class brings together 30 faculty from across the university for a series of roundtable discussions on how the concerns and values expressed in that document have played out across U.S. history. Members of the Stanford community (faculty, students, postdocs, staff) are welcome to attend individual sessions.

Sponsored by: Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford Democracy Hub and Department of History