About the OSU Committee on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom
Comprised of faculty, students, university and shared governance leaders, the OSU Committee on Free Expression and Academic Freedom seeks to:
- Create opportunities for OSU community members to explore rights and responsibilities associated with free expression and academic freedom in higher education settings.
- Develop capacity for the university community to engage in dialogue, debate, deliberation and productive disagreement on topics of significance.
- Raise awareness of university policies, practices and resources supporting free expression and academic freedom.
- Explore the relationship between advancing OSU’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and safeguarding free expression and academic freedom.
Committee Membership
Committee Co-chairs
- Dan Larson, Vice Provost for Student Affairs & Senior Advisor to the Provost for Operations
- Scott Vignos, Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Office of Institutional Diversity
Committee Members
- Teresita Alvarez-Cortez, Associate Vice President for Strategic Diversity Initiatives, Office of Institutional Diversity
- Kevin Dougherty, Senior Associate Vice Provost & Dean of Students
- Katie Bolzendahl, Director, School of Public Policy and Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
- Inara Scott, Senior Associate Dean, College of Business
- Brandi Douglas, Director, Diversity Initiatives & Programs, University Housing & Dining Services
- Emily Bowling, Director, Community Engagement & Leadership, Student Experiences & Engagement
- Audrey Schlotter, President, Associated Students of Oregon State University
- Kate MacTavish, Associate Professor, College of Health, Faculty Senate Past President
- Annie Heck, Associate Vice President, University Relations & Marketing
- Alix Gitelman, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
- Anne-Marie Deitering, Delpha and Donald Campbell Dean of Libraries, OSU Libraries and OSU Press
- Sherm Bloomer, Chancellor and Dean, OSU-Cacades
- Ana Lu Fonseca, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, OSU Extension and Engagement
- Jason Catz, Senior Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel
- Taha Elwefati, Faculty Research Assistant, The Laboratory for the American Conversation, OSU-Cascades
- Chris Stout, Associate Professor and Ecampus Coorinator, Political Science
- Katheryn Yetter, University Policy and Standards Specialist, Division of Academic Affairs
- DEI Director - position not yet filled. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Director, Associated Students of Oregon State University