On Thursday evening, about 50 people gathered at the Ford School of Public Policy for an event called, “ Whither the Center-Right? ” to hear Robert Doar, president of the American Enterprise Institute , and Celeste Watkins-Hayes, dean of the Public Policy School, speak about the role of the center-right in the American conservative movement today. Doar also discussed the role of evidence-based policy institutions and emphasized the value of having conversations across ideological differences. Following their conversation, Public Policy professor Luke Shaefer; Mara Ostfeld, research director at the Center for Racial Justice; and Public Policy lecturer Rusty Hills led a Q&A session.

Before joining AEI, Doar worked at various social service programs, such as the National Commission on

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