Rob Reich

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Reich teaches courses on justice, public service, philanthropy, practical ethics, and political theory at Stanford.{{Cite web|url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/reichresearch/cgi-bin/wordpress/teaching/|title=Rob Reich {{!}} Teaching|last=|first=|date=|website=philosophy.stanford.edu|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-21}} He has received numerous awards for his teaching, including the Walter J. Gores award (Stanford's highest teaching honor){{cite web|url=http://humsci.stanford.edu/faculty/awards/gores_award|title=Walter J Gores Award, Stanford Humanities and Sciences|accessdate=28 July 2013}} and the Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Teaching Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://undergrad.stanford.edu/opportunities-research/awards-and-graduation-honors/phi-beta-kappa|title=Phi Beta Kappa {{!}} Stanford Undergrad|website=undergrad.stanford.edu|access-date=2016-08-21}} He is also a Bass Fellow in Undergraduate Education for "extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education".{{cite web|url=https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/grants-awards/teaching-awards/bass-university-fellows-undergraduate-education-program|title=The Bass University Fellows in Undergraduate Education Program, Stanford Teaching Commons|accessdate=28 July 2013}}

In Fall 2016, Reich co-taught "Election 2016" at Stanford University. The course attempted, with the help of experts, to make sense of an election that defies all historical precedent and to take stock of the health of American democracy. "Election 2016" hosted a number of guest speakers including David Plouffe and David Axelrod. It was the centerpiece of a campus-wide campaign of events around the 2016 presidential elections.{{Cite web|url=https://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/liberal-arts-and-sciences/election-2016/20161_POL-53|title=Election 2016|website=continuingstudies.stanford.edu|access-date=2016-08-31}}

Reich's research has explored a range of topics in political theory, with his most recent work focusing primarily 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,{{cite news|last=Strom|first=Stephanie|title=Big Gifts, Tax Breaks and a Debate on Charity|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/business/06giving.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate=28 July 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=6 September 2007}} the Chronicle of Higher Education,{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Stanley|title=What Should We Make of Teach for America?|url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/what-should-we-make-of-teach-for-america/19546|accessdate=29 July 2013|newspaper=Chronicle of Higher Education|date=6 January 2010}} and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.{{cite news|last=White|first=Doug|title=Is Charity Status Becoming Irrelevant?|url=http://philanthropy.com/article/Is-Charity-Status-Becoming/127732|accessdate=28 July 2013|newspaper=Chronicle of Philanthropy|date=1 June 2011}} 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, and wrote the essay titled, "What are Foundations For?".{{cite web|last=Reich|first=Rob|title=What Are Foundations For?|url=https://bostonreview.net/forum/foundations-philanthropy-democracy|publisher=Boston Review|accessdate=29 July 2013}} In 2018, Princeton University Press published Reich's book, Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better,{{Cite book|url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691183497/just-giving|title=Just Giving|date=2018-11-20|isbn=978-0-691-18349-7|language=en|last1=Reich|first1=Rob}} which purports to offer a political theory for philanthropy.

Beginning in 2018, with Stanford Professors Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein, Reich has begun teaching a large introductory course on technology, policy, and ethics, which has been featured in the New York Times{{Cite news|last=Singer|first=Natasha|date=2018-02-12|title=Tech's Ethical 'Dark Side': Harvard, Stanford and Others Want to Address It|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/business/computer-science-ethics-courses.html|access-date=2020-07-20|issn=0362-4331}} and The Nation.{{Cite news|last=Wykstra|first=Stephanie|date=2019-02-21|title=Fixing Tech's Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom|journal=The Nation|language=en-US|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/teaching-technology-ethics-big-data-algorithms-artificial-intelligence/|access-date=2020-07-20|issn=0027-8378}}

• Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in Education (2003){{cite book|title=Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in American Education|last=Reich|first=Rob|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2002|location=Chicago, United States|isbn = 978-0226707372}}
• Toward a Humanist Justice: The Political Philosophy of Susan Moller Okin (2009), co-edited with Debra Satz{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/toward-a-humanist-justice-9780195337396?q=Toward%2520a%2520Humanist%2520Justice%253A%2520The%2520Political%2520Philosophy%2520of%2520Susan%2520Moller%2520Okin&lang=en&cc=us|title=Toward a Humanist Justice}}
• Education, Justice, and Democracy (2013), co-edited with Danielle Allen,{{cite book|title=Education, Justice, and Democracy|last=Reich|first=Rob|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2013|location=Chicago, United States|isbn = 978-0226012766}} won the 2013 PROSE Award for the best book in education.
• Occupy the Future (2013), co-edited with David Grusky, Doug McAdam, and Debra Satz{{cite book|url=http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/occupy-future-0|title=Occupy the Future|last=Reich|first=Rob|publisher=MIT Press|year=2013|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States}}
• Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values (2016) contributor and co-editor with Lucy Berholz and Chiara Cordelli.{{Cite book|url=http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo23530413.html|title=Philanthropy in Democratic Societies}}
• Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better(2018).{{cite book|url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691202273/just-giving|title=ust Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better|last=Reich|first=Rob|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2018}}
• Digital Technology and Democratic Theory (2021) contributor and co-editor with Lucy Berholz and Hélène Landemore.{{Cite book|url=https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo68657177.html|title=Digital Technology and Democratic Theory}}
• System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong And How We Can Reboot (2021).{{cite book|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/system-error-rob-reichmehran-sahamijeremy-m-weinstein|title=System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong And How We Can Reboot|last=Reich|first=Rob|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2021}}

• “Repugnant to the Whole Idea of Democracy? On the Role of Foundations in Democratic Societies,” PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 49, July 2016.{{Cite journal|last=Reich|first=Rob|date=2016-07-01|title=Repugnant to the Whole Idea of Democracy? On the Role of Foundations in Democratic Societies|journal=PS: Political Science & Politics|volume=49|issue=3|pages=466–472|doi=10.1017/S1049096516000718|issn=1537-5935}}
• “Gift Giving and Philanthropy in Market Democracy,” in Critical Review, Vol. 26, Nos. 3-4.{{Cite journal|last=Reich|first=Rob|date=2014-10-02|title=Gift Giving and Philanthropy in Market Democracy|journal=Critical Review|volume=26|issue=3–4|pages=408–422|doi=10.1080/08913811.2014.969095|s2cid=144884554|issn=0891-3811}}
• "Philanthropy and Caring for the Needs of Strangers," Social Research, Vol. 80, No. 2, Summer 2013.{{Cite journal|last=Reich|first=Rob|title=Philanthropy and Caring for the Needs of Strangers|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/528219|journal=Social Research: An International Quarterly|volume=80|issue=2|issn=1944-768X}}
• "Equality, Adequacy, and K-12 Education," in Education, Justice, and Democracy, Danielle Allen and Rob Reich, eds., University of Chicago Press.{{Cite book|title=Equality, Adequacy, and K–12 Education - Chicago Scholarship|doi=10.7208/chicago/9780226012933.001.0001|year=2013|last1=Allen|first1=Danielle|last2=Reich|first2=Rob|isbn=9780226012766}}
• "Not Very Giving." New York Times, September 5, 2013.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/opinion/not-very-giving.html|title=Not Very Giving|last=Reich|first=Rob|date=2013-09-04|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-08-21}}
• "Toward a Political Theory of Philanthropy," in Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy, Patricia Illingworth, Thomas Pogge, Leif Wenar, eds., Oxford University Press.{{Cite book|chapter-url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199739073.003.0010|chapter=Toward a Political Theory of Philanthropy|last=Reich|first=Rob|pages=177–192|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199739073.003.0010|title=Giving Well|year=2011|isbn=9780199739073}}

In 2001, Reich and Debra Satz founded the non-profit [https://ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu/beyond-the-farm/hope-house-scholars-program Hope House Scholars Program] to teach humanities 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.{{cite news|last=Chesley|first=Kate|title=Satz, Reich named Roland Prize winners; three programs get Community Partnership Awards|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/may/roland-community-partnership-050410.html|accessdate=29 July 2013|newspaper=Stanford Report|date=4 May 2010}} He is also involved with several committees for evaluating undergraduate education, faculty diversity, admission and student life at Stanford.

Reich has worked as a researcher and moderator at the Aspen Institute, and has served on various committees for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is a co-founder and advisor to the #GivingTuesday campaign, and is currently a board member for the Boston Review.{{Cite news|url=https://bostonreview.net/masthead|title=Masthead|newspaper=Boston Review|access-date=2016-08-21|language=en-US|issn=0734-2306}} He was a board member for GiveWell, a nonprofit that evaluates charities for donors, between 2013 and March, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://files.givewell.org/files/Rob_Reich_Board_Resignation_Letter_02-04-19.pdf|title=Rob Reich Board Resignation Letter|date=April 2, 2019|website=GiveWell}}

Reich received his B.A. in philosophy from Yale University and his Ph.D. in philosophy of education from Stanford University.{{cite news|last=Cannon|first=John|title=Teaching matters to Rob Reich, political scientist and philosopher of education|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2007/october31/reich-103107.html|accessdate=28 July 2013|newspaper=Stanford News Service|date=31 October 2007}} His doctoral dissertation was titled Liberalism, multiculturalism, and education.

He is often confused with Robert Reich, professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley and former U.S. Secretary of Labor. They are not related.{{cite web|last=Lieszkovszky|first=Ida|title=Counting Ohio's Homeschoolers: "We Don't Know How Many"|url=http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2011/08/03/counting-ohios-homeschoolers/|publisher=NPR State Impact|accessdate=28 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102061157/http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2011/08/03/counting-ohios-homeschoolers/|archivedate=2 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=Texas Ed Spectator|url=http://www.texasedspectator.com/2007/06/06/regulating-homeschoolers/}}

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