Greg Lukianoff
FIREStaff Speaker
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the president and CEO of the FIRE (ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ). Among other books, he co-authored with Jonathan Haidt, and its follow-up, with Rikki Schlott. Most recently, Greg co-authored with Nadine Strossen, which was released in July 2025.
Greg also is an executive producer of Can We Take a Joke? (2015), a feature-length documentary that explores the collision between comedy, censorship, and outrage culture, both on and off campus, and of (2020), an award-winning feature-length film about the life and career of former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser.
Greg has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and numerous other publications. He frequently appears on TV shows and radio programs, including the CBS Evening News, The Today Show, and NPR’s Morning Edition. In 2008, he became the first-ever recipient of the Playboy Foundation’s Freedom of Expression Award, and he has testified before both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives about free speech issues on America’s college campuses.
Originally from Connecticut, Greg now lives and works in the Washington, D.C., area.
Selected television appearances
- °äµþ³§â€™s&²Ô²ú²õ±è; (2025)
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- Greg’s 2024 testimony before Congress about AI ( and )
- (2023)
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Selected podcast appearances
- (2025)
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- (2024)
- (2023)
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Books
- (2025; with Nadine Strossen)
- (2023; with Rikki Schlott)
- (2018; with Jonathan Haidt)
- (2014)
- (2012)
- ¹ó±õ¸é·¡â€™s&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Guide to Free Speech on Campus (2012)
Selected writings
- (The New York Times, 2025)
- (The Free Press, 2025)
- (The Atlantic, 2025)
- (National Review, 2025; with Adam Goldstein)
- (The Washington Post, 2022; with Adam Goldstein)
- (The Atlantic, 2015; with Jonathan Haidt)
- (The Wall Street Journal, 2020; with Adam Goldstein)
Recent Writings
- Everyone’s a free-speech hypocrite,
- Baseless SLAPP suits threaten the speech rights of all Americans,
- FIRE statement: Penn resignations can be exactly what the university needs to restore free expression ,
- The new Red Scare taking over America's college campuses,
- Change defamation laws and you're silencing yourself,
- Eternally Radical Poll: 2022 EXCESSIVELY PRESTIGIOUS BOOK award,
- No, canceling Chappelle is not a 'win for free speech',
- ‘Naive Statism’ and how the Rwandan genocide was not about Rwanda’s excessive commitment to free speech: Part 18 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff,
- Free speech makes people free. We must defend all speech without apology,
- Greg Lukianoff’s ‘book of the month’ recommendations,
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