Standing Committee Against Censorship

Charge

To solicit and receive reports of censorship incidents from NCTE members, constituent groups, and sources outside the Council; to serve as a resource on current patterns of censorship; to continue to raise awareness of censorship issues; to serve as an advisory committee to NCTE considering the kinds of support and services that an Intellectual Freedom/Anti-Censorship Center could provide; to promote policies for literature adoption that allay the possibility of censorship; to help NCTE develop rationales for the teaching of controversial texts, and to develop a white paper that further explores students’ right to write and all of its implications.

Current Members

CHAIR: Annamary Consalvo (2023)
(University of Texas at Tyler)

Katie Burnett (2025)
(Edgewood High School in West Covina Unified School District, West Covina, CA)

Katharine Covino-Poutasse (2025)
(Fitchburg State University, MA)

Ann. D. David (2024)
(University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX)

Christina L. Dobbs (2024)
(Boston University, MA)

Christine Emeran (2023)
(National Coalition Against Censorship)

Gennella Graham (2024)
(Corinth High School, Corinth, MS)

Drew Hall (2024)
(University of Mississippi, Ole Miss, University, MS)

Mark Letcher (2023)
(Lewis University, Romeoville, IL)

Pamela A. Mason (2024)
(Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA)

Sydney L. McGaha (2024)
(Oxford Middle School, Oxford, MS)

Tadayuki Suzuki (2025)
(SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY)

Executive Committee Liaison, Tonya B. Perry
(Miles College, Fairfield, AL)

Sarah Miller, NCTE Staff Liaison

NCTE Administrative Liaison, NCTECommittees@ncte.org

2020 Annual Report

Past Members