Ryan Ansloan
As Senior Program Counsel for the Policy Reform team at ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ, Ryan has spent the past five years working with college administrators, students, faculty, and other stakeholders to collaborate towards improving the state of free speech and due process on college campuses nationwide. To facilitate these efforts, Ryan researches campus policies and procedures to ensure they comport with First Amendment standards and reasonable expectations of due process.
Ryan is a 2020 graduate of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where he served as an editor for the George Mason Law Review and participated in the Free Speech Clinic. Ryan graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2017 with a degree in Political Science. Ryan now lives in central New Jersey with his fiancé and their cat.
Recent Writings
- Did Penn just squash free speech rights to avoid more pro-Palestinian protests?,
- With colleges punishing student protesters, campus due process is more important than ever,
- Due process on campus is grim, and it may get even worse, according to new FIREreport,
- Second Circuit holds Ivy League school owed faculty member due process protections,
- In major victory, Colorado court finds that accused students at private universities are entitled to fair hearings,
- Yale encourages anonymous reports to enforce COVID-19 restrictions, creates ‘surveillance state’,
- REPORT: Great Fakes? Michigan colleges routinely fail to protect free speech on campus,
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