This post was written by Kathleen Collins. 

The first installment of the Library Author Series for this Spring semester – on Tuesday, Feb. 3 during Community Hour – is something a little different. This is a timely and critical topic, so we hope you will join us, along with Michael Brownstein (Philosophy) who will discuss Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change. We’re partnering with the Office for the Advancement of Research who will be sponsoring the event and providing refreshments. It will also be in Haaren Hall, Room 630, not in the Library classroom. We’ll return to our home space for the next one (save the date for March 4 with Medar de la Cruz!)

Please RSVP to reserve your seat. 

Location: Haaren Hall, Room 630
Date: Tuesday, February 3
Time: 1:40 pm – 3:00 pm

Michael Brownstein is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at John Jay College and Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center. His research focuses on the intersection of science, ethics, and social change. He has been a visiting scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. Brownstein’s research has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Vox, and more. He is the author of The Implicit Mind: Cognitive Architecture, the Self, and Ethics (Oxford 2018), co-editor of the two-volume series, Implicit Bias and Philosophy (OUP 2016), and most recently, Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change (MIT 2025, with Alex Madva and Daniel Kelly).