Sherry Corbett Memorial Lecture Series
Hate and Hate Speech on Campus
Wednesday, March 13th
4:30pm * Shideler 152
This presentation will begin by examining the differences between free speech, hate speech, and academic freedom. We will then focus on the specific forms these take on campus, and the range and increase of attacks on higher education, including students and faculty. Finally, we will discuss possible responses to this increasingly tense and hostile conflict.
Dr. Abby Ferber is the author/editor of eight books, including White Man Falling: Race, Gender and White Supremacy; editor of Home Grown Hate; co-author of Making a Difference: University Students of Color Speak Out; Privilege: A Reader; and most recently, The Matrix of Race: Social Construction, Intersectionality and Inequality. Ferber is a Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and Co-founder and Director of the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, home of The Knapsack Institute: Transforming Teaching and Learning, and the international journal Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, the first and only journal dedicated to examining privilege.