Your Entire Campus Should Be a Free Speech Zone
Adam Kissel
Thursday, 07 Apr 2011 at 2:30 pm – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union
Adam Kissel is the Vice President of Programs for FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. FIRE works to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities, including the freedom of speech, religious liberty, and the sanctity of conscience. Before joining FIRE, Kissel was director of the Lehrman American Studies Center and the Jack Miller Center for the Teaching of America's Founding Principles. With Sharon Browne he wrote a Faculty Rights Handbook in 2007. In 2009, he won a First Prize in education reporting from the National Education Writers Association. Kissel is a graduate of Harvard University and earned a master's degree from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Part of the First Amendment Day Celebration.Cosponsored By:
- Greenlee School of Journalism & Mass Communication
- Iowa State Daily
- Lee Enterprises
- Society of Professional Journalists - ISU Chapter
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.
Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
- Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.