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Where the Center’s experts and their work appear in public conversation — coverage, citations and commentary from outlets and organizations that engage with our research and programs.

Browse recent articles, media coverage, and commentary from across the Center’s network and partners.

UC Santa Barbara News

Fellow Daniel Lane Featured for His Upcoming Center Research, AI as a Civic Educator: Artificial Intelligence and the Civic Future of American College Students

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The Fulcrum

National Advisory Board Member Alex Edgar Discusses Why Strengthening Democracy Requires Collaboration Across Generations

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UC Merced Magazine

2025–2026 VOICE Recipient Josiah Beharry Is Featured for Comic Relief: Punching Up in a World That Keeps Knocking Us Down, a Project Funded by the Center’s VOICE Initiative

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Inside Higher Ed

Center Executive Director Michelle Deutchman Comments on Student Expression and Campus Free Speech

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American Bar Association

Center Executive Director Michelle Deutchman Argues That Safeguarding Free Expression in Higher Education Requires Stakeholders Having a Deeper Understanding of Its Value and Purpose

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University of San Diego News Center

USD News Center Features New Fellows Emily Nagisa Keehn and Dustin Sharp

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Testimonials

The Center team has cultivated an irreplaceable environment of inspiration and collaboration, which I am truly grateful for, especially amid the political challenges of this past year.

Yi Ding

Faculty and Director of Affordable Learning, California State University, Northridge

The greatest advantage we’ve gained from being part of the Fellows community is engaging with new ways of thinking about and approaching our research on fostering college students’ democratic learning and civic development. Truly, the Fellowship is the single most valuable experience we’ve had in our career.

Tara Hudson & Alyssa Rockenbach

Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration, Kent State University; Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, North Carolina State University

This year, I am serving as a Fellow with Harvard’s Democratic Knowledge Project (DKP), where I am leading a cross-ideological national convening this spring that brings together scholars and practitioners committed to advancing state-based postsecondary civic education and voter engagement. This work grew out of my Center research examining the implementation of the California Student Civic and Voter Empowerment Act (A.B. 963).

Alex Kappus

Senior Director, Client Success at Carnegie

My book, The Opinionated University, grew out of the project the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement funded when I was one of its fellows in 2020-21.

Brian Soucek

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis