What is Hate Speech?

January 24 | 5:30pm-7pm Cost: $20 *Reduced Cost Codes: 100% Scholarships scholarship100 and 50% Scholarships scholarship50

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What is hate speech? By talking through specific examples, we will explore what hate speech is and where it fits within the First Amendment. You will learn about the types of speech that can potentially be restricted by the law. You will also hear about ways hate speech has been countered.

Presenter: Catherine H. Palczewski is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. She teaches courses on political communication, social protest, argumentation, and gender. She has received numerous teaching awards, including the Iowa Regents Award for Faculty Excellence in 2010, the University of Northern Iowa College of Humanities and Fine Arts Faculty Excellence Award in 2008, and the George Ziegelmueller Outstanding Debate Educator Award in 2004. She directed the AFA/NCA Biennial Conference on Argumentation in 2013 and edited its selected works: Disturbing Argument (2014). Her co-authored publications include Gender in Communication (2014) and Rhetoric in Civic Life (2012).