Gain a deeper understanding of censorship and book banning! Join us for an engaging discussion with Emily Knox\, int erim dean and professor in the School of Information Sciences at the Unive rsity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, followed by censorship trivia\, in teractive book displays\, giveaways\, and more.
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\n2-2:30 pm Interactive displays and informational handouts
\n2:30-3:00 pm Discussion with Emily Knox
\n3-3:30 pm Censors hip Trivia
\nAbout Emily:
\nEmily Knox is int erim dean and professor in the School of Information Sciences at the Unive rsity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include info rmation access\, intellectual freedom\, and censorship. She is a member of the Mapping Information Access research team.
\nThe second edition of her book\, Book Banning in 21st Century America (Bloomsbury)\, was publ ished in January 2026. Her most previous book Foundations of Intellectual Freedom (ALA Neal-Schuman) won the 2023 Eli M. Oboler Prize for best publi shed work in the area of intellectual freedom. She has been interviewed by media outlets such as NPR and the New York Times and also testified befor e the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on book banning.
\nEmily previ ously served on the boards of the National Coalition Against Censorship an d the Freedom to Read Foundation and is a former editor of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy.
\nShe received her PhD from the do ctoral program at the Rutgers University School of Communication &\; In formation.
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