Jeffrey Adam Sachs

PEN America Researcher

PEN America Researcher Jeffrey Adam Sachs is a political scientist at Acadia University, where he specializes in free speech issues, academic freedom, and judicial politics in the Middle East. His writings have appeared in The Washington Post, Arc Digital, Heterodox Academy, and elsewhere.


Articles by Jeffrey Adam Sachs

Monday June 24

Jawboning: When Educational Censors Don’t Bother Passing a Law

Censorship advocates have increasingly responded to growing resistance with a new tactic: trying to achieve the same results without passing a law at all.

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Monday April 15

The Wrong Way to Fight Campus Antisemitism

PEN America is gravely concerned that lawmakers are putting forth ill-considered proposals regarding antisemitism that would restrict the protected speech of students and faculty.

Friday April 5

Government-Mandated Neutrality Is Anything but Neutral

Everyone should be able to see the danger of letting politicians and state bureaucrats dictate their own versions of “neutrality” to higher education.