Join us on September 26-27, 2025 for the Heterodox Academy (HxA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference at the University of Maryland's College Park Campus, a nationally recognized arboretum and botanical garden. 

This gathering will bring together HxA Campus Communities from Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, and welcomes faculty and staff from any institution of higher education across the region—whether you're already an HxA member steeped in the HxA way or just “HxA curious.”

Conference Details (so far):

• Start: Friday, September 26 at 5:00 PM
• End: Saturday, September 27 at 5:00 PM
• Welcome reception and dinner on Friday with a panel hosted by the Dean of the Robert H Smith School of Business.
• Keynote address by John Tomasi, President of HxA
• Keynote address by David L. Bernstein, Founder and CEO, Jewish Institute for Liberal Values
• Panel discussion on Teaching with Heterodox Values
• Panel discussion on Leading a HxA Campus Community
• Participant-driven “unconference” sessions—bring your ideas and questions to explore how we foster pluralism and model respectful disagreement on our campuses.

Registration is required for this conference and includes access to all conference programming, meals, and refreshments. 

Register for the conference here.

Registration Rates:

We are pleased to offer dynamic pricing for this conference. 

• Students: $20
  • This category includes all current graduate and undergraduate students
• Adjunct Faculty, Instructor, or Post-Doc: $40
  • This category includes all adjunct professors, lecturers and instructors, and academic post-docs.
• Full time Faculty and Professionals:  $60
  • This category includes everyone else such as tenure-track faculty, staff and administrators, and non-higher ed professionals.

Hotel Accommodations:

If you’re planning to join us from out of town, we have arranged a conference room block with reduced rates at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. To take advantage of the discounted rate of $189/night, please book through this link.

The event is co-organized by the HxA Campus Communities at the University of Maryland- College Park, Johns Hopkins University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, and NC State University.

Please reach out to events@heterodoxacademy.org with any questions.