Philosophy

Ethical Leadership Program welcomes former ACLU President

The Philosophy Department’s Ethical Leadership Program, along with the Honors Program, the Frank J. Guarini School of Business, the Sociology, Criminal Justice, Asian Studies, Political Science, and Communication and Media Culture Departments, the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership, and the Office of the President, proudly presents Nadine Strossen, Former President of the American Civil Liberties Union and John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School. Strossen will discuss her latest publication, “HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship,” (Oxford University Press, 2018). Join us to hear Professor Strossen at 11am on Thursday, February 6, 2020 in The Duncan Family Sky Room. After her morning lecture, Professor Nadine Strossen will have a round table discussion with students about hate speech, free speech, and censorship.

A Jersey City native, Nadine Strossen is John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School and the first woman national President of the American Civil Liberties Union, where she served from 1991 through 2008. A frequent speaker on constitutional and civil liberties issues, her media appearances include 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, Today, Good Morning America, The Daily Show, and other news programs on CNN, C-SPAN, Fox, Al-Jazeera, and in Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Her op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and USA Today, among others.