Free Speech Working Group
A university requires an environment where students and scholars can freely express ideas and pursue knowledge, while also promoting respectful dialogue among individuals or groups with opposing viewpoints. To better achieve these ambitions, we have created a Free Speech Working Group comprising of students, faculty, and staff to ensure our policies are meeting the needs of the campus community and to foster transparency in how these policies are implemented.
Working Group Membership
Mariam Lam (Chair), Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer
Alex Najera, Associate Vice Chancellor/CHRO
Brian Haynes, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Christine Mata, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Denise Davis, Assistant Director of Advocacy & Institutional Relations
Elisabeth Yap, Senior Counsel, UC Office of the President
Elizabeth Romero, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Governmental and Community Relations
Jeffrey Talbott, Chief of Police
John Cioffi, Associate Professor, Political Science
Kathy Eiler, Director, Federal Relations
Kiersten Boyce, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Compliance Officer
Tasha Hudson, Special Projects Manager (Staff support to Chancellor's Free Speech Working Group)
Academic Senate Vice Chair
ASUCR President
Graduate Student Association President
Please see https://freespeech.ucr.edu/ for Campus Free Speech Resources developed in partnership with this Work Group.