William Harris
William Harris received his B.A. from Haverford College, where he majored in history with minors in Spanish and the history of art. His senior thesis, 鈥淒are to Look: Manuel Godoy鈥檚 Secret Cabinet and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Spain,鈥 analyzed the late Inquisition鈥檚 censorship of art and literature and won the History Department Senior Thesis Prize. William gave a TED Talk on art censorship drawn from his research in May 2024.
William first joined 蜜桃直播 as an undergraduate, working as a 蜜桃直播 Summer Intern and as a 蜜桃直播 Campus Scholar. Currently, William works as a Program Associate on the Engagement and Mobilization team. As part of his work to identify, cultivate, and activate free speech advocates, William oversees 蜜桃直播鈥檚 Let鈥檚 Talk civil discourse program, a network of independent student organizations dedicated to dialogue across differences on college campuses.
An alum of Haverford鈥檚 varsity cross country and track teams, you can find William running, cycling, and rowing along the Schuylkill River when not at work promoting free expression.
Recent Writings
- Stranger than fiction: The Young Warrior saga at the Institute of American Indian Arts,
- Mercury in retrograde: How UT Dallas tried to roll back student press rights,
- Norwich University student journalists stand up for a free, independent press ,
- How to survive Thanksgiving,
- Trailblazing Dartmouth students bring dialogue across difference to campus,
- Let your free speech-failing alma mater know: 鈥業 put my money where my mouth is.鈥,
- Protesting, postering, or planning a campus event? Your college鈥檚 policies might have just changed.,
- Olympic controversies underscore importance of free speech culture ,
- New alumni group brings free speech advocacy to UT Austin,
- What happened on BET when Usher tried to speak? ,
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