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Hosting a speaker from FIRE at your college is a great way to educate students and faculty about safeguarding liberty on campus. Usually FIRE staff members are asked to lecture on a topic of interest but on occasion they are called to speak regarding a case that occurred at that campus. On these occasions, the lectures serve as an explanation of particularly egregious cases to demonstrate the consequences of not vigilantly defending campus freedom.

The speaker profiles below indicate what topics the FIRE staff members specialize in. A full list of the available lecture topics is available here.

Greg Lukianoff, FIRE President

Greg obtained his undergraduate degree from American University and attended Stanford Law School, where he focused on First Amendment and Constitutional Law.

Accomplishments

  • Acted as Development Manager of the EnvironMentors Project in Washington, D.C., 1988
  • Represented FIRE on The O'Reilly Factor, Glenn Beck, The Abrams Report, Hannity and Colmes, and Buchanan and Press
  • Testified before the U.S. Senate about free speech issues on America’s campuses
  • Served as a regular columnist for the Daily Journal of Los Angeles and San Francisco

Published in:

  • The Stanford Technology Law Review
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Fraternal Law
  • Inside Higher Ed
  • The Boston Globe
  • The New York Post
Available Speaker Topics

To view clips of Greg go to The CFN’s YouTube Page or book now for Greg to speak at your campus.


Robert Shibley, FIRE Senior Vice President

Robert is a graduate of Duke University and the Duke University School of Law.

Accomplishments

  • Acted as managing editor of the Duke Review newspaper as an undergraduate student, in which he frequently decried (and faced) administrative censorship and bias
  • Represented FIRE on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight
  • Acting member of the board of Valley Christian School in Huntingdon Valley, Pa

Published in:

  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • The Boston Globe
  • The New York Post
  • The Providence Journal
  • Pajamas Media
  • The Washington Times
Available Speaker Topics

To view clips of Robert go to The CFN’s YouTube Page or book now for Robert to speak at your campus.


Adam Kissel, FIRE Vice President of Programs

Adam graduated from Harvard University and from the University of Chicago, where he served as Student Liaison to the Board of Trustees and earned an A.M. from the Committee on Social Thought. His academic interests include the history and theory of liberal education, the history and theory of rhetoric, and rhetoric’s relationship with philosophy.

Accomplishments

  • Acted as director of the Lehrman American Studies Center and the Jack Miller Center for the Teaching of America’s Founding Principles
  • Wrote a Faculty Rights Handbook with Sharon Browne in 2007
  • Served as a professional editor for Nobel laureate James Heckman and for faculty in a variety of disciplines

Published in:

  • The Huffington Post
  • The Justice
  • The Review
  • Minding the Campus
  • The Examiner
  • The New York Post
Available Speaker Topics

To view clips of Adam go to The CFN’s YouTube Page or book now for Adam to speak at your campus.


William Creeley, FIRE Director of Legal and Public Advocacy

William graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, earning a B.A. magna cum laude in political science and critical theory. He is also a graduate of the New York University School of Law.

Accomplishments

  • Was a student senator as an undergraduate student at NYU
  • Spoke at the ceremony for both the Gallatin School graduation and the All-University Commencement
  • Served as a summer clerk for Federal Communications Commissioner Michael J. Copps in 2005

Published in:

  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Daily Journal
  • The Boston Phoenix
  • The Northerner
  • Campus Circle
  • Jurist
Available Speaker Topics

To view clips of Will go to The CFN’s YouTube Page or book now for Will to speak at your campus.


Samantha Harris, FIRE Director of Speech Code Research

Samantha graduated from Princeton University, where she earned an A.B. magna cum laude in politics. She is also a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. As an undergraduate, Samantha completed a senior thesis that analyzed the constitutional implications of former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s quality-of-life initiative in New York City.

Accomplishments

  • Served on the editorial board of the Journal of Constitutional Law while at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
  • Acted as clerk for the late Honorable Jay C. Waldman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • Aas an associate at the law firm of Pepper Hamilton in Philadelphia

Published in:

  • Inside Higher Ed
  • Daily Journal
Available Speaker Topics

To view clips of Greg go to The CFN’s YouTube Page or book now for Greg to speak at your campus.


Azhar Majeed, FIRE Associate Director of Legal and Public Advocacy

Azhar received a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in History from the University of Michigan in 2004. He is also a 2007 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. As an undergraduate his academic interests included comparative constitutional law and political philosophy, the latter focusing on the Enlightenment.

Accomplishments

  • Represented the University of Michigan at the 2006 Tulane International Moot Court competition while at the University of Michigan Law School.
  • Was of FIRE's inaugural Robert H. Jackson Legal Fellows and a FIRE legal intern in 2005.

Published in:

  • Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal
  • The Journal of College and University Law
  • The Indianapolis Star
  • Inside Higher Ed
  • Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
Available Speaker Topics

To view clips of Greg go to The CFN’s YouTube Page or book now for Greg to speak at your campus.


Peter Bonilla, FIRE Program Officer, Individual Rights Defense Program

Peter attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2005 with B.A. degrees in Theater Arts and Economics cum laude.

Accomplishments

  • Acted as literary manager of Philadelphia's InterAct Theatre Company in 2008
  • Was a contestant on the television game show Jeopardy
  • Manages the several hundred cases brought to FIRE each year

Published in:

  • Human Events
Available Speaker Topics

To view clips of Peter go to The CFN’s YouTube Page or book now for Peter to speak at your campus.

 

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