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Jul 2
Lunch and Learn: Cultivating learning and working environments that promote productive disagreement
Wed, July 2, 2025
• 12:30pm
- 2:00pm (1h 30m) • WEITZ ROOM 236
Cultivating learning and working environments that promote productive disagreement
Description of workshop:
Cultivating diverging and dissenting viewpoints in learning and working environments is necessary to produce the critical thinking, innovation, and creativity we seek in higher education. However, both empirical studies and, frequently, personal experiences demonstrate that it has never been more difficult to disagree with peers. This has led to rapidly increasing rates of self-censorship among both faculty and students. Based on his ten years of experience at Oregon State University, Scott will discuss short- and long-term efforts to build academic and administrative cultures of critical dialogue that promote productive disagreement.
Bio
Scott Vignos, JD ('06)
Scott A. Vignos joined Oregon State University in October 2015 and has served as Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer since 2021. In this role, Scott collaborates with partners across the university to design and lead the Office of Institutional Diversity’s portfolio of inclusive excellence initiatives.
Scott is responsible for guiding implementation of the university’s Diversity Action Plan and consulting with university leaders to advance Oregon State’s land grant mission and its core commitment to expanding access and opportunity for all. He serves on the President’s Cabinet and chairs the President and Provost’s Leadership Council on Inclusive Excellence.
Scott has an enduring passion for pursuing justice through action. He previously practiced law in San Francisco at an international law firm and maintained a pro bono practice with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area representing clients seeking asylum in the United States. His first job after graduating from college was as an Admission Counselor at Carleton College.
Scott earned his J.D. from UC Davis School of Law and his B.A. from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Please register here: Lunch and Learn - Scott Vignos JD
Event Contact: msylvester@carleton.edu