Catherine J. Ross

Catherine J. Ross is a professor of law at The George Washington University Law School where she is a constitutional law expert specializing in the First Amendment as well as family law and the legal and policy issues affecting children and families.[1]

Education

Ross received her BA, PhD, and JD from Yale University.

Free speech in public schools

Ross advocates for censorship-free public schools.[2] Ross in 2015 published Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights. The Newseum in 2015 held an event, "The First Amendment and Students: Speak Up or Shut Up?" with Ross on her research and book.[3] In 2016, C-SPAN covered "The Constitution on Campus: The Contested Boundaries of Free Speech" held at GW Law focusing on free speech issues on college campuses.[4] Also in 2016, C-SPAN BookTV covered the Cato Institute's "Lessons In Censorship" featuring Ross and her book.[5]

Publications

Books

  • Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights (Harvard University Press, 2015).[6]
  • Contemporary Family Law, 3rd ed (with Douglas E. Abrams, Naomi R. Cahn, & David D. Meyer; Thomson West, 2012).[7]
  • America's Children at Risk: An Agenda for Legal Action (report of the ABA Working Groups on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children and their Families; American Bar Association Press, 1993).[8]
  • Child Abuse: An Agenda for Action (Oxford University Press, 1980; co-editor with George Gerbner and Edward Zigler).[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Catherine J. Ross | GW Law | The George Washington University". www.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  2. ↑ "Strangling the free mind: Column". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  3. ↑ Newseum (2015-11-12), The First Amendment and students: Speak up or shut up?, retrieved 2016-10-06
  4. ↑ "Discussion Focuses on Free Speech on College Campuses". C-SPAN.org. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  5. ↑ "[Lessons in Censorship]". C-SPAN.org. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  6. ↑ "Lessons in Censorship — Catherine J. Ross | Harvard University Press". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  7. ↑ Abrams, Douglas; Cahn, Naomi; Ross, Catherine; Meyer, David; McClain, Linda (2015-09-29). Contemporary Family Law (4 ed.). West Academic Publishing. ISBN 9781628101652.
  8. ↑ "America's Children At Risk: A National Agenda for Legal Action". Family Law Quarterly. 27 (3): 433–446. 1993-01-01. JSTOR 25739949.
  9. ↑ Keller, Harold R. (1982-01-01). "Child abuse: An Agenda for action, by G. Gerbner, C.J. Ross, and E. Zigler (eds). Oxford University Press: New York, 1980, 345 pp". Aggressive Behavior. 8 (3): 298–301. doi:10.1002/1098-2337(1982)8:3<298::aid-ab2480080309>3.0.co;2-l. ISSN 1098-2337.
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