What We Do

Organize Faculty Actions

Organize Community Events

May 31, 2025

May 31, 2025

Member Paul Brest recruited two panels on the theory and practice of academic freedom.

  • The first panel focused on essential concepts & relevant constitutional protections.
  • The second focused on Stanford-specific policies relating to academic freedom.

Our Members on the Media

Is it 1984 in 2025? Jessica Riskin & Priya Satia, Stanford Daily, March 17, 2025

Standing Up to the New Segregationists, Subini Annamma & David Stovall, Inside Higher Ed, February 24, 2025

Gutting DEI Won’t Save Us. Rich Ford, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 3, 2025

We joined the AAUP to defend science — and you should too. Lauren Tompkins & Alyssa Burgart, Stanford Daily, Apr 8, 2025

Stand up for education, research and international students. Emma Follman & Lauren Tompkins, Stanford Daily, May 29, 2025

We must refuse the ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’, Greg Martin, Oct 12th, 2025

Stanford should stand with Harvard. Jessica Riskin, Stanford Daily, April 16, 2025.

AAUP: Academic Freedom on the Line

(Member Column in the Stanford Daily)

Three Lessons the University Must Learn, Jessica Riskin, November 16th, 2025.

“Viewpoint Diversity” Isn’t About Viewpoint Diversity. Jessica Riskin, February 4, 2026.

The Importance of Viewpoint Diversity. Paul Brest, February 10, 2026.

Where ‘viewpoint diversity’ betrays the common good. Priya Satia, February 17, 2026.