Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
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Edition 51 (1986) Winner
Donald Alexander Downs
ドナルド・アレクサンダー・ダウンズ
Donald Alexander Downs
Aliases:
Donald Downs
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-12-02
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA → Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA → Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Political scientist, Professor, Researcher, Author
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Independent Institute (Research Fellow), Wisconsin Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy (co-founder & director), Alexander Hamilton Society (faculty advisor), The Badger Herald (Board adviser, non-voting)
- Memberships
- Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights (co-founder), Wisconsin Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy (co-founder & director), Independent Institute (Research Fellow)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | — | Political Science | A.B. | — | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | Political Science | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Cornell University
Political Science
Degree:
A.B.
Country:
United States
University of California, Berkeley
Political Science
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
United States
Ph.D. thesis: Freedom, community, and the First Amendment: the Skokie case and the limits of speech
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alexander Meiklejohn Professor of Political Science | — | — | University of Wisconsin-Madison | appointed |
Alexander Meiklejohn Professor of Political Science
2010
Organization:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Result:
appointed
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Freedom, community, and the First Amendment: the Skokie case and the limits of speech
1983 Academic thesis / Ph.D. thesisPh.D. thesis examining the Skokie case to explore the limits of the First Amendment and its relation to community values.
Free speechFirst AmendmentCommunity
The New Politics of Pornography
1989 Scholarly book / Political scienceA study analyzing political controversies and new trends in regulation surrounding pornography.
Regulation of expressionCultural politics
More than Victims: Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law
1996 Scholarly book / Law & societyExamines domestic violence and legal institutions, reconsidering victim representations and societal responses.
Law and societyDomestic violence
Cornell '69: Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University
1999 Scholarly book / History of higher educationUses events at Cornell in 1969 to discuss liberalism and crises facing the American university.
Higher education historyAcademic freedom
Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus
2005 Scholarly book / Education policyArgues for restoring free speech and civil liberties on university campuses.
Academic freedomFree speechUniversity policy
Arms and the University: Military Presence and the Civic Education of Non-Military Students
2012 Scholarly book / Higher education studiesExplores how a military presence in universities (ROTC, military history, strategic studies) can broaden civic education for non-military students.
Military and higher educationCivic education
Bibliography
- Freedom, community, and the First Amendment: the Skokie case and the limits of speech (Ph.D. thesis, 1983)
- The New Politics of Pornography (1989)
- More than Victims: Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law (1996)
- Cornell '69: Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University (1999)
- Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus (2005)
- Arms and the University: Military Presence and the Civic Education of Non-Military Students (2012) (co-authored)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- academicanalyticalempirical
- Recurring Motifs
- free speechacademic freedomrole of the universityinteraction of law and society
Legacy
Donald Downs is a political scientist known for work on the First Amendment and academic freedom. His scholarship and public engagement on free speech and higher education policy have influenced debate and practice, particularly at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Academic Societies
- American Political Science Association
Archives
- University of Wisconsin-related archives (likely)
Trivia
- Co-founder of the Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights (CAFAR).
- Named Alexander Meiklejohn Professor of Political Science at UW–Madison in 2010.
- Serves as faculty advisor to the Alexander Hamilton Society student chapter at UW–Madison.
- Signed an open letter supporting legal recognition of same-sex marriage while calling for respect for dissenting views.