March 21-23.

Join Emory University for its conference Academic Freedom and Free Speech on Campus March 21-23, 2019 to discuss what academic freedom and free speech mean in the life of higher education institutions today.

The conference is an opportunity to showcase how public and private institutions of higher education continue to be on the forefront of debate, deliberation, and knowledge creation. Emory University is committed to this through its strategic framework, which states that “we practice the values of intellectual rigor, integrity, risk taking, and collaboration. Our faculty and students pursue open inquiry across disciplines—guided by evidence, committed to critical inquiry, fueled by the creative spirit, and dedicated not only to discovery in its own right but to solving problems and serving society.” This conference was created to demonstrate this commitment.

The goal of the conference is to generate conversations on ideas, laws, policies, and practices related to academic freedom and free speech on college campuses. It will provide opportunities for faculty, scholars, student affairs professionals and students to interrogate ideas ranging from academic freedom and free speech to safe spaces, and to discuss campus protests and dissent in order to develop practices and policies that promote free speech.

Please join the conversation by attending the conference.Registration fees include participation in the conference, opening reception, Friday evening reception, breakfasts, lunches, and parking at the Emory Conference Center.

Conference Agenda

Thursday, March 21, 2019

• 5:30 p.m. Opening Reception: Emory University Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library

Friday, March 22, 2019

• 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
• 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Panel
• 10:45 a.m. Academic Freedom and Free Speech Panel I
• Noon Lunch and Keynote
• 1:45 p.m. Student Affairs Administrators Panel
• 3:30 Academic Freedom and Free Speech Panel II
• 5:00 p.m. Reception

Saturday, March 23, 2019

• 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
• 9:00 a.m. Protest and Dissent at Emory Panel
• 10:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions
  • Academic Freedom and Free Speech Panel III
  • Developing Open Expression Policies and Practices
• Noon Lunch and Keynote
• 1:45 p.m. Facilitated Dialog
• 4:00 p.m. Adjourn

Invited Speakers

Christa Acampora, Deputy Provost for Academic Affairs, Emory University

Karen Andes, Assistant Professor of Global Health, Emory University

Sigal Ben-Porath, Professor of Education, Philosophy, and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Henry Bayerle, Associate Professor of Classics, Oxford College of Emory University

David Bernstein, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University

Burt Buchtinec, Captain, Emory University Police Department

Joseph Crespino, Jimmy Carter Professor of American History, Emory University

Dabney Evans, Associate Professor of Global Health, Emory University

Lisa Garvin, Acting Dean of the Chapel and Spiritual Life, Emory University

Michele Hempfling, Associate Dean of Campus Life and Director of Residential Education and Services, Oxford College of Emory University

Jonathan Holloway, Provost, Northwestern University

Frank Lechner, Professor of Sociology, Emory University

Ed Lee III, Senior Director of Alben W. Barkley Forum for Debate, Deliberation, and Dialogue, Emory University

Nancy Leong, Professor of Law, University of Denver

Jacob Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, McGill University

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, Emory University

Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Courtnay Oddman, Assistant Director of Residence Life, Emory University

Zach Raetzman, Student, Emory University

Pamela Scully, Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education, Emory University

Julie Seaman, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Emory University

Eric Segall, Kathy and Lawrence Ashe Professor of Law, Georgia State University

Nancy Seideman, Vice President of Academic Communications, Emory University

Stephen Sencer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Emory University

Fred Smith Jr., Associate Professor of Law, Emory University

Michael D. Shutt, Senior Director of Campus Life, Emory University

Alexander Tsesis, Raymond & Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law and Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago

K.C. White, Vice President for Student Affairs, Kennesaw State University

Bobby Woodard, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, Auburn University

Alexander “Sasha” Volokh, Associate Professor of Law, Emory University