The CU Boulder campus community will continue its dialogue on academic freedom with a virtual panel discussion on navigating backlash against public scholars––sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Faculty Affairs––at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4.
As a comprehensive public university that is deeply committed to serving the public good, CU Boulder encourages its faculty to engage in public scholarship. We want to celebrate and publicize our faculty’s accomplishments in the arts, research, scholarship, and their good work in the community.
If you go
Who: Students, faculty and staff
When: Thursday, Nov. 4, 5 p.m.
Where: Virtual
Sometimes being a public scholar can be risky, especially if the scholarship is considered to be “controversial” or “political.” Faculty can face backlash against themselves and their work. The campus can receive complaints about scholars’ views. Campus leaders are keen to support our faculty personally and professionally and uphold the tenets of academic freedom.
What should faculty members do when they face public backlash due to their public scholarship? What do faculty need to know about academic freedom? How should faculty be sharing their work publicly? Will campus leaders support faculty as public scholars?
This virtual panel discussion will address these questions and more. Panelists include campus leaders, legal experts, communications experts and faculty-public scholars sharing their experiences and expertise:
- Lolita Buckner Inniss, dean, Colorado Law
- Jennifer Ho, director, Center for Humanities and the Arts
- Russell Moore, provost
- Patrick O’Rourke, chief operating officer
- Candace Smith, associate vice chancellor of strategic communications
- Moderator: Michele Moses, vice provost for faculty affairs
See also these campus resources on issues of academic freedom, freedom of expression and public scholarship:
