SAR United States

Composed of roughly 150 universities and associations, the SAR United States National Section promotes the values, goals, and activities of the Scholars at Risk Network throughout the U.S. The SAR United States section works to facilitate regional collaboration and coordination of network activities and events in addition to sharing resources and best practices.

SAR United States member institutions provide advisory services to threatened scholars and university hosts; campaign for scholars who are imprisoned or silenced in their home countries; monitor attacks on higher education communities worldwide; and develop innovative tools and strategies for promoting academic freedom and improving respect for university values everywhere. The SAR United States Section abides by the linked Terms of Reference. 

Join the SAR US section at the 3rd General Assembly | Nov 12-14, University of Chicago

Join Scholars at Risk, the SAR US Section, the University of Chicago’s Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, and The College of Wooster for the 3rd SAR US General Assembly.

Explore the full program and register

Scholars, higher education leaders, students, and partners will share practical ways to support threatened scholars and defend academic freedom in the United States and around the world. The gathering also marks SAR’s 25th anniversary and its return to the University of Chicago, where the network began.

The program will explore legal protections, campus responses, association advocacy, regional collaboration, and opportunities to engage with SAR’s work. On Thursday evening, a public conversation, “Academic Freedom in the Era of Trump: The US and Beyond,” will feature SAR Executive Director Rob Quinn with University of Chicago professors Geoffrey Stone and Tom Ginsburg. The talk is open to the public.

Discounted registration ends October 11th!

Register by October 11 for $75 (SAR members) or $100 (non-members). Beginning October 12, rates are $125 and $150, respectively. Registration includes Friday breakfast, lunch, and reception/dinner, plus Saturday breakfast and a light lunch.

Steering Committee Members (2025-2027)

• Alexandra Hiniker, Director of the Sustainability Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University
• Anita Fábos, Professor of Sustainability and Social Justice, Clark University
• Claudio Fogu, Professor of Italian Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Eman Salih, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale School of Public Health
• Jane O. Newman, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
• Seyed Masoud Noori, Founder and Executive Director, Roya Institute for Global Justice; Visiting Scholar at the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University (NYU)
• Nathan Camp (Chair), Associate Director for Partnership Development, Office of International Affairs, Yale University
• Mark Brennan, Professor and UNESCO Chair on Global Citizenship Education for Sustainable Peace through Youth and Community Engagement, Pennsylvania State University
• Maribel Morey, Executive Director, Miami Institute for the Social Sciences 

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SAR’s observations on recent events on US campuses (May 2024)

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