Rob Reich

Rob Reich is professor of political science and, by courtesy, professor of philosophy and at the Graduate School of Education. He is a co-director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, and associate director of the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. He was faculty director at the Center for Ethics in Society for eight years, and he continues to lead its ethics and technology initiatives.

His scholarship in political theory engages with the work of social scientists and engineers. His newest work is on ethics and AI. His most recent books are "System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot" and "Digital Technology and Democratic Theory." He has also written widely about philanthropy, including "Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better" and "Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values." His early work is focused on democracy and education, including "Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in American Education" and "Education, Justice, and Democracy." He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wired, The Guardian, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Reich is the recipient of multiple teaching awards, including the Walter J. Gores award, Stanford’s highest honor for teaching. He was a sixth grade teacher at Rusk Elementary School in Houston, Texas before attending graduate school. He is a board member of the magazine Boston Review, of Giving Tuesday, and at the Spencer Foundation.