Jeffrey Kane
Jeffrey Kane is the former Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Long Island University and now serves as a Professor of Philosophy and Education. In addition to writing numerous articles and essays on educational philosophy (including Waldorf Education), he has authored and edited books on the philosophy of science and educational philosophy, and a book of poetry. His most recent work, The Emergence of Mind: Where Technology Ends and We Begin, was published in January 2024. The book focuses on the fundamental aspects of human thinking that cannot be reduced to, or reproduced by, even the most advanced forms of artificial intelligence. He and his wife Janet, a former faculty member of our Early Childhood department, are also the parents of Gabriel ’99, Emily ’01, and Jesse ’05.