Jordan Howell
As digital editor, Jordan manages the front end of ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ's website, coordinating with staff across departments to edit and publish, and optimizes the website to improve overall search result performance.
Before joining ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ, 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
- Former Rep. Justin Amash joins ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ’s Advisory Council,
- Ta-Nehisi Coates sees free speech as antidote to crisis of liberalism,
- House passes historic legislation protecting free speech on college campuses,
- Trump’s proposed constitutional amendment banning flag burning would have unintended consequences,
- FIRE to Fordham: You’re wrong about our College Free Speech Rankings,
- Atlanta nonprofit leader Chuck Taylor joins ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ’s Advisory Council,
- Judge rules rapper B.G. must submit all lyrics to the feds before he records or performs them,
- Why Julian Assange couldn’t outrun the Espionage Act,
- Don’t turn commencement season into cancellation season,
- Stanford president and provost cheer free expression in open letter to incoming class,
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