Jackie Farmer
Admin Team
Jackie graduated magna cum laude from Drexel University in 2015 with bachelor's degrees in political science and environmental studies. She has worked at FIRE ever since participating in Drexel’s cooperative education program as a program assistant. Jackie’s interest in free speech stems from her love of political satire, previous involvement in student activism, and time spent volunteering at her local library as a teen. When she is not thinking about free speech, you can find her preaching about why you should watch reality TV and B-movies instead of Oscar-winning films.
Recent Writings
- Banned Books Week and censorial language ,
- Banned Books Week Coalition announces Jason Reynolds as first ever Honorary Chair,
- With good old fashioned ‘more speech,’ students take to TikTok to respond to campus preachers ,
- FIRE launches new podcast reading series, ‘Free Speech Out Loud’,
- A spirited op-ed section at University of Dallas, a reminder for why we celebrate Banned Books Week,
- ‘Censorship Is a Dead End’: Banned Books Week 2020 theme announced!,
- FIRE and First Amendment Watch launch campus free speech orientation program,
- Studying or teaching abroad? Check out FIRE’s interactive map of American satellite campuses,
- FIRE joins the Banned Books Week Coalition,
- Join FIRE for trivia and jazz at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library’s new home!,
- New First Amendment coursebook released — and you can download a free copy! ,
- Washington Post Live’s ‘Free to State’: Killer Mike, The Slants, and more (VIDEO),
- New trend: Freshman reading, free speech, and activism,
- ‘Stamp Out Speech Codes’ with FIRE’s Spring 2019 activism toolkit,
- FIRE Field Trip for Bill of Rights Day,
- The horror! FIRE cases and censorship trends reimagined for Halloween,
- 1 for All wants to fund your campus First Amendment event,
- 450 OU Daily papers featuring sexual harassment allegations stolen,
- Join FIRE Monday at the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication conference and get first look at a new undergraduate free speech coursebook,
- David Hudson on fighting words and anti-profanity laws in the US,
- Justice Ginsburg on campus due process at the National Constitution Center,
- New First Amendment Library timeline: “The History of Film Censorship” by Laura Wittern-Keller,
- Banned Books Week: When FIRE defended the right to read,
- Banned Books Week exclusive: The "Howl" obscenity trial opinion,
- Banned Books Week: Explore banned and challenged books,
- Victory: Academic freedom for faculty preserved at UNC - Chapel Hill,
- After students speak up, Southern Methodist University backs down from memorial lawn display policy,
- Southern Methodist University student groups, governor unite against new memorial lawn display regulations,
- New First Amendment Library timeline: “The History of the Alien, Sedition, Espionage, & Related Acts”,
- At Penn State Abington, it’s not easy being green,
- New First Amendment Library feature: First Amendment Glossary,
- New First Amendment Library feature: Campaign finance timeline,
- New First Amendment Library features: Overview essays and Roberts Court page,
- Franklin & Marshall Board of Trustees Approves Freedom of Expression Statement,
- First Amendment Library Feature: Expanding Content,
- DePaul Continues to Rail Against Viewpoint Diversity, Bans Ben Shapiro,
- Coming Soon: FIRE’s New First Amendment Library and Legal Internship,
- FIRE’s Azhar Majeed in ‘The Huffington Post’: How Student Activists Can Support Free Speech in 2016,
- University Training Programs Can Misinform, Fail to Protect,
- FSN Member, Former FIRE Intern Defend Free Speech at Brown,
- ‘Learn Liberty’ Launches Free Online Program on Free Speech,
- Student Journalists Consider Their Own Freedom in Light of ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Tragedy,
- FIRE’s 15th Anniversary Speeches Now Streaming on YouTube!,
- Recap: The 2014 FIRE Student Network Conference,
- Apply for the FIRE Student Network Summer Conference!,
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