Campus Free Speech. Discuss.

Furman Homecoming Event

“I know of no other people who have founded so many schools or such efficient ones…” (Democracy in America, Vol 1, Pt 1, Ch 5).

John Tomasi (Heterodox Academy)

John Tomasi is a political philosopher and the inaugural president of Heterodox Academy (HxA). Prior to joining HxA, Tomasi held the position of Romeo Elton 1843 Professor of Natural Theology at Brown University. He was educated at Colby College (BA), the University of Arizona (MA), and Oxford University (B. Phil., D. Phil.). A writer, speaker, and podcaster, his most recent book is The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (2024). He is also the author of Free Market Fairness (2013) and Liberalism Beyond Justice: Citizens, Society, and the Boundaries of Political Theory (2001).