School of Public Policy, University of Calgary was designed as an interdisciplinary institution that would draw on expertise from academics across various departments and faculties at the university, including the Department of Economics, Department of Political Science, the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. Among the university’s faculty contributing to early work by The School of Public Policy were Dr. Ron Kneebone, Dr. Herb Emery, Dr. David Bercuson and Dr. Robert Mansell. The school was formally launched on May 13, 2009, at an opening dinner during which former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a keynote speech. The
Rob Reich is currently a board member for the Boston Review and for GiveWell.org, a nonprofit that evaluates charities for donors. Reich received his B.A. in philosophy from Yale University and his Ph.D. in philosophy of education from Stanford University. He served as an early corps member in Teach for America, during which he taught sixth grade in Houston, Texas. He is often confused with Robert Reich, professor of political science at the University of California - Berkeley and former secretary of the department of labor. Rob Reich Rob Reich (born 1969) is an American political scientist. He is a Professor of