Professor Soucek Invited to UC Systemwide Academic Freedom Congress
Professor Brian Soucek will participate in the University of California Systemwide Academic Freedom Congress on June 2. Co-sponsored by the Office of the UC Provost, the UC Academic Senate's Committee on Academic Freedom, and the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, the virtual event will address the origins of academic freedom, its enduring presence, and contemporary controversies that surround this foundational concept.
One of many scholars joining the discussion, Soucek will speak on a panel about DEI and academic freedom.
Professor Soucek’s primary teaching and research interests are antidiscrimination law, civil procedure, constitutional law, and refugee/asylum law. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Mark R. Kravitz in Connecticut, and Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Professor Soucek is a UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow. His book, The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education, will be published later this year by the University of Chicago Press.