Margo Gray

Evan Charney got to know Duke in a way few professors or administrators ever do. He had insight into the kinds of things that you can't find in university pamphlets, the kinds of student dynamics, politics, and gossip that are known only to students on campus.

Evan Charney got to know Duke in a way few professors or administrators ever do. He had insight into the kinds of things that you can't find in university pamphlets, the kinds of student dynamics, politics, and gossip that are known only to students on campus.

Evan Charney got to know Duke in a way few professors or administrators ever do. He had insight into the kinds of things that you can't find in university pamphlets, the kinds of student dynamics, politics, and gossip that are known only to students on campus.

On more than one occasion, while discussing the issue of wealth stratification, Charney singled out a student wearing sorority or fraternity insignia and asked how many members of their chapter classified as below middle class.

On more than one occasion, while discussing the issue of wealth stratification, Charney singled out a student wearing sorority or fraternity insignia and asked how many members of their chapter classified as below middle class.

On more than one occasion, while discussing the issue of wealth stratification, Charney singled out a student wearing sorority or fraternity insignia and asked how many members of their chapter classified as below middle class.

By virtue of spending so much time with his students outside of class, Charney had his finger on the pulse of his classroom environment. And around 2009, about a decade into teaching the same course at Duke, Charney began to sense a shift in his classroom.

By virtue of spending so much time with his students outside of class, Charney had his finger on the pulse of his classroom environment. And around 2009, about a decade into teaching the same course at Duke, Charney began to sense a shift in his classroom.

By virtue of spending so much time with his students outside of class, Charney had his finger on the pulse of his classroom environment. And around 2009, about a decade into teaching the same course at Duke, Charney began to sense a shift in his classroom.

Charney remembers one of the first times a student told him they'd been harmed by his language. He was catching up with a student over coffee after class.

Charney remembers one of the first times a student told him they'd been harmed by his language. He was catching up with a student over coffee after class.

Charney remembers one of the first times a student told him they'd been harmed by his language. He was catching up with a student over coffee after class.

Charney was noticing a phenomenon that wouldn't be fully articulated or discussed for about another decade when Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff published their best-selling book, The Coddling of the American Mind, How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure.

Charney was noticing a phenomenon that wouldn't be fully articulated or discussed for about another decade when Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff published their best-selling book, The Coddling of the American Mind, How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure.

Charney was noticing a phenomenon that wouldn't be fully articulated or discussed for about another decade when Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff published their best-selling book, The Coddling of the American Mind, How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure.

The authors argue that in the pursuit of creating safe academic environments, students are losing the ability to distinguish between personal attacks and the promotion of ideas that they find objectionable.

The authors argue that in the pursuit of creating safe academic environments, students are losing the ability to distinguish between personal attacks and the promotion of ideas that they find objectionable.

The authors argue that in the pursuit of creating safe academic environments, students are losing the ability to distinguish between personal attacks and the promotion of ideas that they find objectionable.

Charney believes many professors adjusted their courses to comply with college administrators' new mandate to create campuses in which students would never feel uncomfortable or offended.

Charney believes many professors adjusted their courses to comply with college administrators' new mandate to create campuses in which students would never feel uncomfortable or offended.