Noted author and social scientist Richard V. Reeves will visit campus on April 24, meeting with students before an evening program intended for adults at 7 p.m.
The topic of the program is "Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to do About it," the title of his 2022 book that was named book of the year by The Economist, The New Yorker, and former President Barack Obama.
The talk by Mr. Reeves will be preceded by a 5:30 reception in the Patrick Beaver Student Center hosted by Greenie Parents. Save the date now to join us, more details will be coming soon through school communications.
More about his background:
Richard Reeves is the founding President of the American Institute for Boys and Men, the first
and only national organization dedicated to objective, non-partisan research and policy
development aimed at enhancing the wellbeing of boys and men.
He is also the author of the 2022 book, “Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling,
Why It Matters, and What to Do About It,” described in the New York Times as a "landmark"
and named a book of the year by The Economist, The New Yorker, and President Barack Obama.
Richard is also a Non Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he previously
served as Director of the Center on Children and Families.
Richard writes for a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, Guardian,
National Affairs, The Atlantic, and the Wall Street Journal. His previous books include Dream
Hoarders (2017), an analysis of how America’s top 20% are impeding the social and economic
mobility of other Americans and John Stuart Mill – Victorian Firebrand (2007), an intellectual
biography of the British liberal philosopher and politician.
In September 2017, Politico magazine named Richard one of the top 50 thinkers in the U.S. for
his work on class and inequality.
A Brit-American, Richard was director of strategy to the UK’s Deputy Prime Minister from 2010
to 2012. His other previous roles include director of Demos, the London-based political think tank; principal policy advisor to the UK Minister for Welfare Reform, and research fellow at the
Institute for Public Policy Research. He has a BA from Oxford University and a PhD from
Warwick University.
Richard lives in East Tennessee and is the proud father of three boys.