Michael S Roth

@mroth78

16th president @Wesleyan_u, (grand)father, husband, author, professor. Opinions my own. Advocate for pragmatic #LiberalArts #LiberalEducationMatters #GoWes

Middletown, CT wesleyan.edu/president/ Joined September 2010

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Michael S Roth @mroth78 Sep 13, 2023

My new book explores how we invest so much in students because we want them to be learning freedom, to think for themselves in the company of others. #students #HigherEd #History @wesleyan_u

Yale University Press @yalepress Sep 12, 2023

Michael S. Roth @mroth78 on his new book with Yale Univeristy Press, The Student: A Short History!
#education #students #history

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Michael S Roth @mroth78 2d

Read @CarlosNYT "There will never be enough Nov. 4s for all those who traded away democratic integrity and common decency for personal ambition, financial advantage and policy preferences." #highered leaders? nytimes.com/2026/11/09/opi…

www.nytimes.com Opinion | JD Vance Needs to Stop Trying (Gift Article) Republicans must determine what they stand for other than fealty to an aging, out-of-touch, lame duck.

Michael S Roth @mroth78 4d

People say it's hard to be a college president, but gee wiz, we get to do things like having public conversations with great writers like Maggie Nelson. youtu.be/aBPTvG564Ao?si… via @YouTube

www.youtube.com A Conversation with President Michael S. Roth ’78 and Maggie Nelson... President Michael S. Roth ’78 joined acclaimed author Maggie Nelson...

Michael S Roth @mroth78 5d

Oh, my! those neutral folks who only serve TRUTH?

Peter Beinart Verified account @PeterBeinart 6d

Do the university presidents next
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Michael S Roth @mroth78 6d

"It’s particularly strange to encounter the absence of memory while you’re recovering your wits."

Scott Stossel @SStossel 6d

"When memory and depression are at war, depression creates its own feedback loop that works to shut out memory, along with sense and wisdom."

theatlantic.com/family/2026/11…
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