Christopher P. Long

Provost and Senior Vice President at the University of Oregon

Welcome to cplong.org, a website designed to give digital voice to a philosophical life. Here you will find information about my academic and administrative life, including my publications, projects, and initiatives.

At the heart of my work is a commitment to writing along the way, so I encourage you to engage actively with the The Long Road blog by sharing what you read here with me through LinkedIn, Mastodon or Bluesky. Thank you for visiting my little corner of the digital world.

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The entangled roots of a large tree with red leaves on the ground. The roots point to the web of relationships that influence authorship, shape collaboration, and enrich scholarship.EducationThe Long RoadLove, Complexity, and Interconnection: the Heart of University Life
January 31, 2026

Love, Complexity, and Interconnection: the Heart of University Life

Earlier this week, I had coffee with my friend, Scott Pratt. Our conversation settled on questions of community, and specifically on how to cultivate and sustain academic community in this intense period of disruption, anger,…
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Sunset over the distant snow-capped mountains of Sisters and Mt. Batchelor in Oregon with orange and yellow sky, dark forest in the middle ground, and the dry grassy hillside of Pine Mountain in the foreground.EducationLivingThe Long RoadLearning to be at Home in the World
October 3, 2025

Learning to be at Home in the World

In her essay, Understanding and Politics, Hannah Arendt describes understanding as "an unending activity by which, in constant change and variation, we come to terms with and reconcile ourselves to reality, that is, try to…
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A group of sixteen adults, diverse in age and gender, pose together outside on a wooden deck in front of a building with large windows and trees reflected in the glass. All are smiling at the camera.ProvostThe Administrative LifeWe Focused on Hope and Candor and Collaboration
August 18, 2025

We Focused on Hope and Candor and Collaboration

Not quite a year ago, we held the inaugural retreat of the University of Oregon's Provost's Council. It was early in my first year as Provost, and I didn't know what to expect when we…
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