Jordan Howell
As digital editor-in-chief, Jordan works with a staff of writers to edit and publish content for FIRE's award-winning Newsdesk and optimizes the website to improve overall search result performance.
Before joining FIRE, Jordan was an award-winning journalist and professional writer with ten years of experience teaching English in higher education. He graduated from Armstrong Atlantic State University in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in English, and the University of Delaware in 2011 with a master’s in English. He also has extensive political experience, having served as communications manager and press secretary for numerous electoral and issue campaigns. In his spare time, Jordan enjoys watching Bob’s Burgers and playing folk standards on the ukulele.
Recent Writings
- Stanford president and provost cheer free expression in open letter to incoming class,
- No, the Berkeley Law student didn’t have a First Amendment right to interrupt the dean’s backyard party,
- Salman Rushdie calls out left-wing censorship in CBS interview,
- Greg Lukianoff testifies before Congress on ‘chilling threat’ to free speech posed by AI regulation,
- ‘Good day for free expression’ after Fifth Circuit blocks Texas’ controversial book rating law,
- Court upholds First Amendment rights of Notre Dame student newspaper,
- Is saying ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ protected speech under the First Amendment?,
- Citing concerns about ‘personal liability’ for university administrators, Florida pauses derecognition of Students for Justice in Palestine chapters ,
- Free speech promises be damned, Brandeis bans Students for Justice in Palestine,
- Idaho AG: Anti-abortion law does not restrict academic speech at public universities,
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