Valor Convocation with Dr. Elizabeth Corey
Valor Convocation is an annual gathering that marks the beginning of a new academic year. Bringing together all leaders, faculty, and staff from every Valor campus, Convocation opens the year with time for contemplation, renewal, and authentic community. With time for a President’s welcome, seminar, fellowship, and a keynote address, this day invites faculty into Valor’s vision for the human person in community.
This year’s Convocation theme is “The Philosopher and the Polis,” which will invite Valor’s faculty to reflect on the role of a liberal arts education in a republic. Our keynote speaker this year is Dr. Elizabeth Corey, Director of the Honors Program and Associate Professor of Political Science in the Honors College at Baylor University.
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About the Speaker
Dr. Elizabeth Corey is Director of the Honors Program and Associate Professor of Political Science in the Honors College at Baylor University, where she has taught since 2007 and served as director since 2015. Her teaching and research explore political philosophy, liberal education, constitutionalism, and the moral and spiritual dimensions of modern political life. At Baylor, she has taught courses in political theory, the great texts tradition, constitutional development, and interdisciplinary humanities, helping to shape one of the country’s leading honors programs.
Dr. Corey earned a B.A. in Classics from Oberlin College, as well as master’s degrees in Art History and Political Science and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Louisiana State University. Her scholarly work has focused especially on the thought of Michael Oakeshott, political education, conservatism, and the relationship between culture, religion, and public life. She is the author of the book Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics and Politics(University of Missouri Press) and has published scholarly essays in journals including American Political Thought, History of Political Thought, Journal of Philosophy of Education, and Zygon.
In addition to her academic scholarship, Dr. Corey is a widely respected public intellectual and essayist whose writing has appeared in publications such as First Things, National Affairs, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Law & Liberty, Plough, and The Wall Street Journal. She has served as a visiting professor and fellow with organizations including the American Enterprise Institute and the Fund for American Studies, and regularly lectures on liberal education, the contemporary university, political culture, and the intellectual tradition of the West. Her work consistently reflects a concern for the cultivation of wisdom, humility, and genuine human flourishing within educational and political communities.