Welcome Greg Lukianoff
This week we're delighted to welcome Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and author of the new book, Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of the American Debate to Ricochet.
Mr. Lukianoff has been with FIRE since 2001, when he was hired to be the organization's first director of legal and public advocacy. He is a member of the State Bar of California and the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. He has published articles in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, the New York Post, The Stanford Technology Law Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Reason, Congressional Quarterly, The Daily Caller, The Charleston Law Review, and numerous other publications.
He is a blogger for the Huffington Post and authored a chapter in Templeton Press's anthology New Threats to Freedom, edited by Adam Bellow. Greg is a frequent guest on local and national syndicated radio programs, has represented FIRE on national television shows, including CBS Evening News, The O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC's Dr. Nancy, The Abrams Report, Hannity and Colmes, Stossel, Scarborough Country, and Buchanan and Press, and has testified before the U.S. Senate about free speech issues on America's campuses. In 2008 he became the first ever recipient of the Playboy Foundation Freedom of Expression Award and in 2010 he received Ford Hall Forum's Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award on behalf of FIRE.
Greg is a graduate of American University and of Stanford Law School, where he focused on First Amendment and constitutional law. Before joining FIRE, Greg practiced law in Northern California, interned at the ACLU of Northern California and the Organization for Aid to Refugees in Prague, Czech Republic, and was the development manager of the EnvironMentors Project in Washington, D.C. Greg, along with Harvey A. Silverglate and David French, is a co-author of FIRE's Guide to Free Speech on Campus. Greg is also a proud member of the board of directors of Philadelphia's Theatre Exile.
Please welcome Greg Lukianoff to Ricochet.
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Jul '11
Re: Welcome Greg Lukianoff
Welcome!
I am a huge fan of FIRE (and firefly - which was the case that got me first introduced to FIRE).
I periodically visit and sign petitions, as well as donate money :-). I can't wait to hear from you, and yes, I need to go out an buy your book.
Re: Welcome Greg Lukianoff
Ah, yes, the Firefly case. That cinches it. I will write about that case later in the week! Thanks for supporting FIRE!
Oct '11
Re: Welcome Greg Lukianoff
Hear, Hear! Good to have FIRE adding its voice here. Up Firefly, up Browncoats!
"May have been the losing side, still not convinced it was the wrong one."
Dec '11
Re: Welcome Greg Lukianoff
Welcome!
Some of your cases make me realize that campus are AFINO, Academically Free In Name Only. This is so sad because they are so heavily subsidized. Keep up your good work.