Rob Reich

Rob Reich
Born	c. 1969 (age 47–48) New Jersey, United States
Alma mater	Yale University (B.A.) Stanford University (Ph.D)
Occupation	Professor

Rob Reich (born c. 1969) is an American political scientist. He is a Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, the director of Stanford's McCoy Center for Ethics in Society, and co-director of Stanford's Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). A political theorist, Reich's work focuses primarily on applied ethics, educational inequality and the role of philanthropy in the public sector, along with other topics in liberal democratic theory.

Reich teaches courses on justice, public service, philanthropy, practical ethics, and political theory at Stanford. He has received numerous awards for his teaching, including the Walter J. Gores award (Stanford's highest teaching honor) and the Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Teaching Prize. He is also a Bass Fellow in Undergraduate Education for "extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education."

In Fall 2016, Reich will co-teach "Election 2016" at Stanford University. The course will attempt, 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" will host a number of guest speakers including David Plouffe and David Axelrod. It will be the centerpiece of a campus-wide campaign of events around the 2016 presidential elections.

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, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. 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?".

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