Student
Melody Dias and Benjamin ZeBrack, University of Chicago
From February 2022 to April 2022
The University of Chicago’s student newspaper retracted an op-ed accusing a pro-Palestinian student group of calling for an anti-Semitic boycott of certain classes
Rory O’Connor, Catholic University of America
From March 2022 to April 2022
The Catholic University of America charged a student with “disorderly conduct” after he posted a number of memes satirizing a conservative student group’s anti-trans stance
Maggie DeJong, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
From February 2022 to March 2022
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ordered a graduate student to have no contact with some of her classmates, allegedly because her expression of her religious and political views constituted harassment
Kappa Alpha Theta Member, Occidental College
November 2020
A series of private student text messages expressing anti-Asian sentiments prompted outrage from students at Occidental College, eventually leading the college’s administration to pledge a series of remedial measures
Tenured Faculty
Edmund Santurri, Professor at St. Olaf College
From February 2022 to April 2022
A St. Olaf professor selected to promote debate on controversial subjects on campus was removed from his position after holding a virtual event with Peter Singer, a controversial ethicist and scholar.
Monica Casper, San Diego State University
From December 2021 to January 2021
College dean draws ire of some for tweets calling out “the Right.”
Berry Mehler, Ferris State University
From January 2022 to March 2022
University suspends tenured professor for “profane” and “offensive” video.
University of Nebraska
From July 2021 to August 2021
A University of Nebraska Regent attempted to pass a resolution banning critical race theory from curriculums across the University of Nebraska system
Student Group
Turning Point USA, Emerson College
September 2021
A conservative student group was found to have violated Emerson College’s bias-related incident policy by handing out stickers criticizing the Chinese government
Speech First, Inc. v. Cartwright
February 2021
A federal appeals court found that the University of Central Florida’s discrimination and bias policies likely violated the First Amendment
Emory Free Speech Forum, Emory University
From October 2021 to March 2022
Emory Law School Student Bar Association, after push back, grants temporary charter to law school free speech organization.
Young Americans for Liberty, et al. v. Trustees of Montclair State Univ., et al.
From January 2020 to June 2021
Montclair State University student group succeeds in changing University protest policy.
