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Join Gonzaga º£½ÇÂÛ̳'s Woodley Institute for Civil Engagement and Humanistic Dialogue's inaugural lecture featuring Tom Woodley ('69) and a panel discussion about the rights and responsibilities of free speech and how they shape campus life today. Grounded in Gonzaga's Ignatian tradition, the panel of scholars Erica Goldberg from the Law School, Karen Petruska from the Communication Studies Department, and Steven Sanders, Political Science Major, will explore how to disagree productively, seek truth together and build communities in which people feel heard.
Schedule:
7:00 p.m. — Networking reception in the lobby of Jepson
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion
Gonzaga Faculty, Staff & Students:
For the public ($10 for each ticket):
Featured Speakers
Erica Goldberg, J.D.
Professor of Law
Professor Erica Goldberg's research aims to harmonize civil duties with civil liberties in a non-partisan way. Her scholarship primarily focuses on the intersection of tort law remedies and First Amendment rights. Professor Goldberg teaches a variety of classes, including Torts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, and a seminar on the current Supreme Court term.
Prior to joining the Gonzaga Law faculty, she was a professor at the º£½ÇÂÛ̳ of Dayton School of Law and an assistant professor at Ohio Northern º£½ÇÂÛ̳ Law School. She also taught Legal Research and Writing as a Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Penn State Law School.
After graduating from Stanford Law School, Professor Goldberg clerked for Judge Ronald L. Gilman on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, practiced appellate litigation at Latham & Watkins LLP, and served as a legal fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Professor Goldberg has helped write briefs and petitions filed before several courts of appeals and the Supreme Court.
Professor Goldberg's work has been published in the Columbia Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, Connecticut Law Review, and Michigan Law Review First Impressions. She blogs at In a Crowded Theater, and links to her blog posts have appeared in media including The Washington Post and CNN.com. In her free time, Professor Goldberg enjoys aerial arts like silks and lyra, rock climbing, running, and binge watching documentary series.
Karen Petruska, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Karen is from St. Louis, MO, and is a graduate of a Jesuit university. Incorporating a wide range of media into her classes, Karen gives students the tools they need to successfully navigate a world dominated by screens. In her research, she studies the past and present of television, focusing in particular upon the business models that drive the industry.
Karen has published in Creative Industries, Spectator, Popular Communication, and The Velvet Light Trap. She has also co-edited a special issue of Convergence, contributed to four anthologies, and published online through In Media Res, Flow, Antenna, and MIP Research.
