Adam Kissel

Director, Individual Rights Defense Program

Adam Kissel graduated from Harvard University and from the University of Chicago, where he served as Student Liaison to the Board of Trustees and earned a master's degree from the Committee on Social Thought. His academic interests include the history and theory of liberal education, the history and theory of rhetoric, and rhetoric's relationship with philosophy. He also has served as a professional editor for Nobel laureate James Heckman and for faculty in a variety of disciplines. Before joining FIRE, Adam was a director of the Lehrman American Studies Center and the Jack Miller Center for the Teaching of America's Founding Principles. With Sharon Browne he wrote a Faculty Rights Handbook in 2007. Since joining FIRE, he has spoken about individual rights on college campuses in Colorado, Indiana, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Wisconsin, and New York. In 2009, he won a First Prize in education reporting from the National Education Writers Association.

Contributions

• "OP-ED: University should solve censorship issue," Adam Kissel, The Justice, February 10, 2009
• "Binghamton University Continues War on Social Work Student by Other Means," Adam Kissel, December 22, 2008
• "Please Report to Your Resident Assistant to Discuss Your Sexual Identity—It’s Mandatory! Thought Reform at the University of Delaware," Adam Kissel, October 31, 2008
• "Please Report to Your Resident Assistant to Discuss Your Sexual Identity—It’s Mandatory!," Adam Kissel, October 30, 2008
• "Sustainability and Indoctrination in the New University of Delaware Plan," Adam Kissel, May 1, 2008
• "Brandeis Faculty, Students Revolt Over ‘Wetbacks’ Case," Adam Kissel, March 26, 2008
• "ResLife must reconsider its purpose," Adam Kissel, The Review, March 18, 2008

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