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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.

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opinion

Here’s What the University Presidents Should’ve Said

MISTAKES WERE MADE

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 | Published Dec 11, 2023
opinion

Here Are 5 Book Ban Trends to Watch in 2023

IT CAN (AND IS) HAPPENING HERE

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 | Published Jan 04, 2023
opinion

Big Brother Is Headed for the Classroom

TRANSPARENCY OR TRAP?

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

Jonathan Friedman | Published Feb 14, 2022

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