Media and Presentations

This page showcases the work done by fellows while at the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. Also check out events hosted by the Center.

Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts

• Kamola, Isaac. “Oct. 7 Kicked Off a Difficult Year for Higher Ed. How Should Universities Move Forward Now?,” edited by Bob Moser. October 7, 2024. Inside Higher Ed. 
• Darian-Smith, Eve. “Rebuilding the Infrastructure of Academic Freedom.” September 3, 2024. Academe Blog. 
• Kamola, Isaac. “5 Growing Threats to Academic Freedom.” July 29, 2024. The Conversation.
• Meyerhoff, Eli. “Unmasking indoctrination: The Zionist Agenda Behind Duke's ‘Antisemitism 101 Training.’” June 26, 2024. The Chronicle.
• Kamola, Isaac. “Who’s Behind the Legislative Attacks on Higher ED?” June 5, 2024. Inside Higher Ed.
• Kamola, Isaac. “State Laws Threaten to Erode Academic Freedom in US Higher Education.” May 29, 2024. The Conversation.
• Kamola, Isaac. “Alarming New Report Shows Attacks on Public Education Are Coordinated By Right Wing Think Tanks.” Interview by Hialy Gutierrez. May 28, 2024. Religion Dispatches.
• Kamola, Isaac. “Shafik Demonstrates the Banality of Current Discourses on Campus Free Speech.” May 1, 2024. Academe Blog.

Talks and Webinars

• Douglass, John Aubrey, Don Moynihan, Ellen Schrecker, and Eric Mlyn. “When Universities are the ‘Enemy’: Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy, and the Future of American Higher Education.” Democracy and the Politics of American Higher Education, Duke University, October 28, 2024. Webinar.
• Habash Tariq, Rana Jaleel, Danny Shaw, and Jonathan Wallace. “Dissent, Democracy, & Higher Education: Under Attack.” Co-sponsored by the Center for Changing Systems of Power, the Humanities Institute, and the Asian American Justice & Innovation Lab; supported by Mellon’s Affirming Multivocal Humanities Program, October 22, 2024. Hybrid panel discussion. 
• Barbour, Naomi and Demetri L. Morgan. Post 2024 Futures: For Academic Freedom and Campus Life, October 17, 2024. In-person workshop.
• Jaleel, Jason, Wozniak, Erica Thomas, and Isaac Kamola. “National Teach-In” The Future We Stand For, April 17, 2024. Video, 1:00:00.

TV, Radio, and Podcasts

• Kamola, Isaac. "June 4, 2024." June 4, 2024. Interview by Arnie Arnesen. Attitude with Arnie Arnesen. Podcast, 56:10.
• Kamola, Isaac. "May 7, 2024." May 7, 2024. Interview by Arnie Arnesen. Attitude with Arnie Arnesen. Podcast, 56:30.
• Kamola, Isaac. “Many Republican State Bills Undermine Academic Freedom in Higher Education.” May 29, 2024. Interview by Holly Quan. KCBS Radio. Podcast, 5:18.
• Kamola, Isaac. “Political Interference in Higher Ed: Escalations, Attacks, and the Billionaires Behind It.” May 3, 2024. AAUP Presents, season 4, episode 4. Interview by Mariah Quinn. Podcast, 51:06.
• Kamola, Isaac. “Pro-Palestinian Student Protests Expose Grip of University Donors.” April 28, 2024. MSNBC. Interview by Ayman Mohyeldin. Television, 1:57.

Quoted in the Media

• Moody, Josh. “A Battle Over Florida’s General Education Courses.” Inside Higher Ed, October 3, 2024.
• Lee, Jenna. “SMPA Professor Launches Consortium to Combat Researcher Harassment.” The GW Hatchet, September 30, 2024.
• Fischer, Karin. “Squeezed From Both Sides: Why Is Neither Party Happy with Higher Education?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 24, 2024. 
• Tollefson, Jeff. “Harassed? Intimidated? Guidebook Offers Help to Scientists Under Attack.” Nature, September 20, 2024. 
• Doherty, Caitlin. “Professor Isaac Kamola Holds AAUP Panel Event on Threats to Academic Freedom.” Trinity Tripod, September 17, 2024.
• Quinn, Ryan. “Conservative and Exploring Colleges? The Heritage Foundation Has Ratings for You.” Inside Higher Ed, September 13, 2024.
• Blake, Jessica. “Academic Associations Face Critique for Political Statements.” Inside Higher Ed, August, 27, 2024.
• Giroux, Henry A. “The Right’s Push to Whitewash History Is a Precursor to Fascism.” Truthout, August 18, 2024. 
• Betensky, Carolyn. “‘This is What They Say They’re Doing. And They’re Doing it!’ A Conversation with Kamola, Isaac, Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom,” Academe Blog, July 10, 2024.
• Scerpella, Colleen. “The Right-Wing Network Manufacturing the War Against Higher Education.” Exposed by CMD, July 3, 2024. 
• Knott, Katherine. “Colleges in Republicans’ Crosshairs Enroll Only a Sliver of U.S. College Students.” Inside Higher Ed, June 10, 2024. 
• Nicholson, Craig. “US Higher Education ‘Under Attack,’ Claims Academic Group.” Research Professional News, June 6, 2024. 
• Blake, Jessica. “AAUP Report Finds ‘Well-Funded’ Right-Wing Attacks on Higher Ed.” Inside Higher Ed, May 30, 2024. 
• Unglesbee, Ben. “AAUP Calls Out Think Tanks for ‘Culture War Against Higher Education.’” Higher Ed Dive, May 30, 2024. 
• Sangal, Aditi, Maureen Chowdhury, Matt Meyer, Matt Egan, Elise Hammond, and Antoinette Radford. “University Presidents Testify as US College See More Protests.” CNN, May 23, 2024.
• Glover, Scott, Audrey Ash, and Bob Ortega. “Dozens of professors among those arrested in campus protests.” CNN, May 11, 2024.
• Lindsay, Drew. “The Donor Revolt Comes to Annual Giving: Israel, Gaza, and Campus Unrest.” The Commons, May 1, 2024.
• Quinn, Ryan. “As Police Clear Encampments, Professors Arrested Along With Students.” Inside Higher Ed, April 30, 2024.
• Quinn, Ryan. “Black Scholars Face Anonymous Accusations in Anti-DEI Crusade.” Inside Higher Ed, April 1, 2024.
• Marris, Emma. “Culture Wars Are Raging on US Campuses. Will They Affect Research?” Nature, February 13, 2024.

Press Releases

• “New Fellows Announced for the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom.” American Association of University Professors, June 10, 2024.
• “New Paper Examines Partisan Megadonors' Funding of Attacks on Higher Ed.” American Association of University Professors, May 28, 2024.
• Cole, Kristen. “Trinity College Professor to Lead National Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom.” Trinity College News, May 2, 2024.
• “AAUP Receives Mellon Grant for Academic Freedom Center.” American Association of University Professors, February 14, 2024.