Jonathan Friedman

Jonathan Friedman is Director of Free Expression and Education at PEN America, where he has been the lead author of numerous reports on campus free speech. An interdisciplinary scholar by training, he holds an MA and Ph.D. in international education from New York University. He has taught courses at Columbia University, NYU, and Bard College.

Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MISTAKES WERE MADE

Here’s What the University Presidents Should’ve Said

The furor over their answers about what constitutes harassment could have been avoided, but now free speech will be under even greater threat.

Jonathan Friedman

IT CAN (AND IS) HAPPENING HERE

Here Are 5 Book Ban Trends to Watch in 2023

A moral panic continues to drive laws and policies that are rapidly making it easier to censor books from schools and public libraries.

Jonathan Friedman

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TRANSPARENCY OR TRAP?

Big Brother Is Headed for the Classroom

Republicans are cynically using “transparency” and the critical race theory panic to intimidate teachers.

Jonathan Friedman