About Us

The Lilienfeld Alliance is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the purpose of which is to connect instructors who teach critical thinking at the college and university level, to advocate for course content that promotes rational skepticism, and to encourage further study of best practices in the pedagogy of teaching such courses.

Membership is open to those who teach in a college or university. Please contact us for more information or to join this alliance. 

Other Board Members: 

Craig Foster, PhD - Northshore School District (Bothell, WA) - tagfoster@yahoo.com 

History

The Lilienfeld Alliance formed as a result of professors meeting at TAM! and CSICon annual meetings. While higher education is not the focus of those meetings of skeptics, professors at the conferences tended to meet up and discuss their pedagogies. We met up informally in 2022 and 2023 at CSICon, then we had a more formal half-day meeting in 2024 at CSICon. In 2025, we met separately for the first time. We are planning to do so again in 2026.