SAR United States

Comprised of approximately 150 universities, 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.

Anne McCall, Chair, SAR United States Section
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana

Steering Committee Members (2021-2023)

• Anne McCall, Chair, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana
• Anita Fabos, Professor of International Development and Social Change, Clark University
• Alexandra Hiniker, Executive Fellow for Sustainability Initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University
• Kathryn Libal, Director of the Human Rights Institute and Assoc. Professor of Social Work and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
• Ian McIntosh, Director of International Partnerships and Adjunct in the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and in the School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
• Jane O Newman, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
• Nancy Postero, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
• Abdul Tejan-Cole, Executive Director, African Studies Association
• Gabriel Twose, Senior International Affairs Officer, American Psychological Association