Peter Bonilla

Program Associate, Finance and Operations

Peter Bonilla joined FIRE in April 2008 after serving for three seasons as the literary manager of Philadelphia's InterAct Theatre Company, where he was intensely involved in the development and production of new plays confronting the pressing political, social, and cultural issues of our time. Also a playwright, Peter received a 2008 individual creative artist fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and his play A HUMAN EQUATION was developed and presented in a staged reading at the 2008 PlayPenn New Play Development Conference, featuring Academy Award-nominated actor David Strathairn. Peter was born in Washington, D.C., and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with B.A. degrees in theater arts and economics. He is thrilled to join FIRE and to help the cause of protecting freedom of speech and individual liberties on America's campuses. When he is not helping to manage the FIRE office or working on his playwriting, he is usually busy taking care of his two rescued greyhounds.

Contributions to The Torch

• "Weekly Media Round-Up: Quick Victory at Binghamton Keeps FIRE Looming Large," Peter Bonilla, November 21, 2008
• "Questions Remain Following University of Nebraska–Lincoln President’s Letter Concerning Ayers Cancellation," Peter Bonilla, November 18, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-Up: Binghamton Case Hits National Stage, Temple and Lone Star Cases Continue to Reverberate," Peter Bonilla, November 14, 2008
• "‘The Quad News’ Controversy and the Corporatization of Quinnipiac University," Peter Bonilla, November 11, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: Victory at Temple College Highlights FIRE’s Week," Peter Bonilla, November 7, 2008
• "Student Newspapers Stand Up for ‘The Quad News’," Peter Bonilla, November 3, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: National Media Takes Quinnipiac to School, With FIRE’s Help," Peter Bonilla, October 31, 2008
• "JuicyCampus Revisited: Remembering FIRE’s Calls for Moderation," Peter Bonilla, October 30, 2008
• "Keep Your University in Check with FIRE’s Speech Code Widgets," Peter Bonilla, October 28, 2008
• "Don Downs on ‘Blazing Saddles’ Controversy at UW–Madison," Peter Bonilla, October 28, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE’s Defense of Satire and Political Expression on Full Display," Peter Bonilla, October 24, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE’s Policy Statement on Political Activity a Needed Voice of Reason on Campus," Peter Bonilla, October 17, 2008
• "Delaware Program’s Continued Significance Informs Recent Articles," Peter Bonilla, October 13, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: Coverage of Illinois, Texas, Tufts and Brandeis," Peter Bonilla, October 10, 2008
• "National Attention Continues for FIRE’s Work at Illinois," Peter Bonilla, October 8, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE’s Expertise Widely Cited, and Pressure Grows on Brandeis and Third Circuit Schools," Peter Bonilla, October 3, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE Covered Coast to Coast," Peter Bonilla, September 26, 2008
• "Nat Hentoff on Brandeis: ‘The Most Outrageous Case of All’," Peter Bonilla, September 24, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: Two Major Free Speech Victories Start the Year on a High Note," Peter Bonilla, September 19, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: UD, Claremont Colleges, and Remembering 9/11," Peter Bonilla, September 12, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: Student Press Back for the Fall," Peter Bonilla, September 5, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE’s ‘U.S. News’ Ad a Big Hit, and Harvey Silverglate’s Views on Parody Debated," Peter Bonilla, August 29, 2008
• "Quinnipiac University Newspaper Editors Go Independent," Peter Bonilla, August 27, 2008
• "Ring in the New Academic Year with FIRE’s Speech Code Widgets," Peter Bonilla, August 26, 2008
• "Harvey Silverglate’s Thoughts on the MBTA Mess," Peter Bonilla, August 22, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: The Washington Times, Stanley Fish, and the Federal Government Weigh in on Campus Free Speech," Peter Bonilla, August 15, 2008
• "‘Washington Times’ on College Speech Codes: ‘The Game is Up’," Peter Bonilla, August 13, 2008
• "Will Creeley Discusses DeJohn Ruling on JURIST," Peter Bonilla, August 6, 2008
• "DeJohn Decision Garners Widespread Attention," Peter Bonilla, August 5, 2008
• "Harvey Silverglate Laments the Death of Parody on Campus," Peter Bonilla, August 4, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: Student Press Continues to Pressure IUPUI, and Harvey Silverglate on the Death of Parody on Campus," Peter Bonilla, August 1, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: Student Journalists Take the Reins at IUPUI," Peter Bonilla, July 25, 2008
• "Support FIRE’s Cause by Posting Our Speech Code Widgets," Peter Bonilla, July 22, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: IUPUI Heats up the News Cycle, and Richard Celeste Continues to Get it Wrong," Peter Bonilla, July 18, 2008
• "Brandeis University “Honored” in 'The Boston Phoenix’s' 2008 Muzzle Awards," Peter Bonilla, June 30, 2008

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