Donald Downs

Donald Alexander Downs is an American political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison known for his work on the First Amendment.^[1]

Downs received his Ph.D. from the University of California - Berkeley and his B.A. from Cornell University. He has taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame and is currently Professor of Political Science, Law, and Journalism at UW-Madison and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. Downs has published many scholarly articles and books on the politics underlying central controversies in free speech, with a particular interest in recent years in academic freedom.

Downs is a co-founder of the Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights (CAFAR), and often speaks publicly in defense of academic freedom both at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and beyond.

Downs is also a noted Oakland Raiders fan. He is known to speak freely on this topic. Downs has stated the he attended Wayland Academy at the same time as wrestler Ric Flair. He serves as a non-voting adviser on the Board of Directors of The Badger Herald, the student newspaper at UW-Madison.

Key Scholarly Works

• Nazis in Skokie: Freedom, Community and the First Amendment
• The New Politics of Pornography
• More than Victims: Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law
• Cornell `69: Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University
• Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus

References

1. ^ "Donald Downs". University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://polisci.wisc.edu/people/person.aspx?id=1044. Retrieved 1 April 2011. 

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