Articles, Books and Websites


From UO President Michael H. Schill

President shares thoughts on free speech
Open Mike: Free Expression on Campus

The list below draws on, and supplements, resources compiled by the University of Colorado and the University of Utah.

Academe: Academic Freedom. The blog of Academe magazine.

Academic Freedom. Jennifer Lackey, ed. (2018).

Academic Freedom Resources. American Association of University Professors.

Academic Freedom Resources. Academic Freedom Association.

AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom 

Confronting Threats and Harassment Against Faculty. PEN America.

Dear Professor, Be Careful with Those Tweets, OK? Academic Freedom and Social MediaPS: Political Science & Politics 

Defending Research Against Unfounded Attack. The American Psychological Association.

Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom. Robert Post (2013).

Fighting Targeted Harassment of Faculty. American Association of University Professors.

Free Speech and Koch Money: Manufacturing a Campus Culture War. Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola.

Free Speech on Campus. Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman (2017).

If There is an Organized Outrage Machine, We Need an Organized Response. Chronicle of Higher Education

Index of Educational Gag Orders. PEN America. 

It's Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom. Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth (2022).

Knowledge, Power and Academic Freedom. Joan Wallach Scott (2019).

Managing Harassment. University of Iowa.

Managing Political Tensions: Strategies to counter hate, extremism, and violence on campus. Chronicle of Higher Education

Online Harassment (Field Manual). PEN America.

Promoting Sociological Research: A Toolkit. Compiled by the American Sociological Association’s Task Force on Social Media.

Report of the Committee on Freedom of Expression. University of Chicago.

Science in an Age of Scrutiny: How Scientists Can Respond to Criticism and Personal Attacks. The Union of Concerned Scientists. 

Social Media and the Politics of Collegiality. AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom.

Stop Hyping Academic Freedom. Public Books.

Targeted: Surviving Social Media Attacks. Inside Higher Education.

Teaching in Turbulent Times Toolkit. University of Oregon, Teaching Engagement Program (TEP).

The Future of Academic Freedom. Henry Reichman (2019).

The Future of Academic Freedom. Louis Menand, ed. (1996).

The Personal Ethics of Academic Freedom: Problems of Knowledge and Democratic Competence. AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom.

The Redbook (Policy Documents and Reports). AAUP.

The Universty is Not a Public Square: An Interview with Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth About It's Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom. Society (2022).

Trolling Attacks on Scholars: Faculty Action. The University of Illinois.

Understanding Academic Freedom. Henry Reichman (2022).

Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom? Akil Bilgrami and Jonathan Cole, eds. (2015).