Rogers Smith: "Most of our most vital identities and statuses have been greatly shaped by laws and policies"
On the evening of June 2, 2011, at the annual Moynihan Prize and Fellows Induction dinner, Douglas Massey, President of the American Academy, introduced Rogers Smith, who was named the 2011 Theodore Roosevelt Fellow. Dr. Massey described Professor Smith as "one of the foremost scholars of public law, of political theory, and American political thought in the United States." Below is a transcript of Rogers Smith's remarks. Thanks Doug, though it does not quite make up for your leaving Penn. I am deeply honored to be named the Theodore Roosevelt Fellow of the Academy, but I fear that Theodore Roosevelt…
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