Office of the Chancellor
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.
Please see Campus Free Speech Resources developed in partnership with this Work Group.
Working Group Membership
- Mariam Lam (Chair), Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer
- Abby Choy, ASUCR President
- Alex Najera, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Human Resources Officer
- Brian Haynes, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Christine Mata, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
- Elisabeth Yap, Senior Counsel, UC Office of the President
- Elizabeth Romero, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Governmental and Community Relations
- Jeff Talbott, Chief of Police
- John Cioffi, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Kathy Eiler, Director, Federal Relations
- Kiersten Boyce, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Compliance Officer
- Lorena Penaloza, Campus Counsel
- Michael Richards, Associate Chancellor
- Nina Ruedas, Director, Women's Resource Center
- Tasha Hudson, Special Projects Manager (Staff support to Chancellor's Free Speech Working Group)
- Academic Senate Vice Chair
- Graduate Student Association President