Koerner Center Publishes 6th Volume of Intellectual Trajectories Talks

The Yale Henry Koerner Center is pleased to announce the publication of Intellectual Trajectories, Volume 6, a special edition devoted to leadership in higher education.

In a Koerner Center series presented in 2026, six distinguished Yale faculty members who went on to lead major universities reflected on their experiences as presidents and vice chancellors. Richard Brodhead, Andrew Hamilton, Susan Hockfield, Richard Levin, Alison Richard, and Peter Salovey shared insights from their years leading institutions including Duke University, New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, and Yale University. The talks were collected in the sixth volume of the Koerner Center’s Intellectual Trajectories series and published this month.

Contents

Alison Richard
Now You Lead and Now You Don’t
Introduction by David Skelly

Richard Levin
Leading Yale: Two Case Studies
Introduction by Penelope Laurans

Andrew Hamilton
From Yale to Oxford and on to NYU
Introduction by Peter Salovey

Richard Brodhead
Scenes from My Presidency at Duke, 2004–2017
Introduction by Martina Droth

Susan Hockfield
Universities Launch People and Ideas
Introduction by Stephanie Spangler

Peter Salovey
What’s in a Name? Leadership Lessons from the Calhoun Renaming Controversy
Introduction by Alan Kazdin

Since the Koerner Center’s founding in 2003, 121 talks have been transcribed and published in the Intellectual Trajectories series. All volumes are available as free digital downloads, and print editions may be purchased through the Center. To read the digital edition of Volume 6, click here. For information about purchasing a print copy, contact emeritus@yale.edu or 203-432-8227.