His participation in the Seminar on Teaching Democratic Thinking reflects his scholarly interest in interdisciplinary studies and his administrative responsibility for assessing citizenship skills and virtues. Jeff has taken an active role in efforts to develop and sustain an intentional core curriculum that supports the College’s Civic Arts mission. His commitment to this mission includes teaching the interdisciplinary “Traditions” and “Engaged Citizenship” courses of the Commons Program. This summer, Jeff has been working on assessment handbooks for analytical reading and critical thinking.