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; supporting the anti-censorship service office at headquarters; to develop written guidelines for students' Right to Write, including advice for schools dealing with situations in which student writing is taken as threatening to the safety of other students, where freedom of expression must be weighed against individual or school security; to develop a written position on whether the narrowing of the curriculum that occurs in response to high-stakes testing can be understood as censorship.  Such a position may be related to your Right to Write work, but it may also warrant a separate statement; and to develop a written position on whether the restriction of student language to English may be an act of censorship, and whether schools in which students speak multiple languages but where only English is evident in print materials is an instance of censorship.

If you would like to be considered for future volunteer service with this group, please send an e-mail to and provide the following information in the body of your e-mail: (1)     Name (2)     Member number.  (If you are not currently a member, please provide your address and phone number.) (3)     Name of the role for which you wish to be considered (4)     Preferred e-mail address (if other than the one used to submit this request.) For more information about volunteering with NCTE, please visit www.ncte.org/about/over/vol.

Current Members

CHAIR: Robert Crafton (2008)
(Slippery Rock University, PA)

Christian Bracho (2010)
(Los Altos High School, Hacienda Hgts, CA)

Maridella Carter (2010)
(Blue Springs South High School, MO)

Barbara Chatton (2008)
(University of Wyoming, Laramie)

Charles Ellenbogen (2009)
(Harding High School, St. Paul, MN)

Laretta Henderson (2010)
(University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

Laura Huertero (2009)
(Fairmont High School, NC) 

Joan Kaywell (2010)
(University of South Florida, Tampa)

Teri S. Lesesne (2009)
(Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX)

Amy McClure (2009)
(Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware)

Rene Saldana, Jr. (2010)
(Texas Tech University, Lubbock)

Dan Schwartz (2009)
(Anchorage, AK)

Executive Committee Liaison, Joanne Yatvin
(Portland, OR)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters

2007

CHAIR: Robert Crafton (2008)
(Slippery Rock University, PA)

Barbara Chatton (2008)
(University of Wyoming, Laramie)

Charles Ellenbogen (2009)
(Harding High School, St. Paul, MN)

Cheryl Grossman (2007)
(University of Missouri, Kansas City)

Laura Huertero (2009)
(Fairmont High School, NC) 

Janet Kaufman (2007)
(University of Utah, Salt Lake City)

Elissa Kido (2007)
(La Sierra University, Riverside, CA)

Teri S. Lesesne (2009)
(Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX)

Amy McClure (2009)
(Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware)

Michael O'Laughlin (2007)
(Campbell Union School District, CA)

Margaret T. Sacco (2007)
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

Dan Schwartz (2009)
(Anchorage, AK)

Executive Committee Liaison, Kyoko Sato
(California State University, Northridge)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters

2006

CHAIR: Robert Crafton (2008)
(Slippery Rock University, PA)

Barbara Chatton (2008)
(University of Wyoming, Laramie)

Cheryl Grossman (2007)
(University of Missouri, Kansas City)

Janet Kaufman (2007)
(University of Utah, Salt Lake City)

Elissa Kido (2007)
(La Sierra University, Riverside, CA)

Michael O'Laughlin (2007)
(Campbell Union School District, CA)

Diane Person (2006)
(Brooklyn, NY)

Margaret T. Sacco (2007)
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

Pam Smith (2006)
(Huntsville, AL)

John Warren Stewig (2006)
(Glendale, WI)

Executive Committee Liaison, Randy Bomer
(University of Texas at Austin)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters

2005

CHAIR, Marlene Birkman (2005)
(Webster University, St. Louis, MO)

Robert Crafton (2007)
(Slippery Rock University, PA)

Cheryl Grossman (2007)
(University of Missouri, Kansas City)

Richard W. Halle (2005)
(Marshfield Jr. High School, WI)

Janet Kaufman (2007)
(University of Utah, Salt Lake City)

Elissa Kido (2007)
(La Sierra University, Riverside, CA)

Michael O'Laughlin (2007)
(Campbell Union School District, CA)

Diane Person (2006)
(Brooklyn, NY)

Margaret T. Sacco (2007)
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

Pam Smith (2006)
(Huntsville, AL)

John Warren Stewig (2006)
(Glendale, WI)

Gail Wood (2005)
(Prospect Elementary School, Oberlin, OH)

Executive Committee Liaison, Patricia Lambert Stock
(Michigan State University, East Lansing)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters

2004

CHAIR, Marlene Birkman (2005)
(Webster University, St. Louis, MO)

Jocelyn A. Chadwick (2004)
(Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)

Robert E. Crafton (2004)
(Slippery Rock University, PA)

Richard W. Halle (2005)
(Marshfield Jr. High School, WI)

Elissa Kido (2004)
(Riverside, CA)  

Diane Person (2006)
(Brooklyn, NY)

Pam Smith (2006)
(Huntsville, AL)

John Warren Stewig (2005)
(Glendale, WI)

Gail Wood (2005)
(Prospect Elementary School, Oberlin, OH)

NCTE/SLATE Field Representative, Charles Suhor
(Montgomery, AL)

Executive Committee Liaison, Niki Locklear
(Edgewood, KY)

NCTE Staff Liaisons, Millie Davis and Marcia Loeschen

2003

CHAIR, Marlene Birkman (2005)
(Webster University, St. Louis, MO)

Jocelyn A. Chadwick (2004)
(Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)

Robert E. Crafton (2004)
(Slippery Rock University, PA)

Richard W. Halle (2005)
(Marshfield Jr. High School, WI)

Elissa Kido (2004)
(Riverside, CA)

Jeff Newton (2004)
(Culver Academies, IN)

Diane Person (2006)
(Brooklyn, NY)

Margaret T Sacco (2003)
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

John Warren Stewig (2005)
(Glendale, WI)

Gail Wood (2005)
(Prospect Elementary School, Oberlin, OH)

NCTE/SLATE Field Representative, Charles Suhor
(Montgomery, AL)

Executive Committee Liaison, Leila Christenbury
(Virginia Commonwealth University)

2002

CHAIR, C. Anne Webb (2002)
(St. Louis, MO)

Richard I. Ammon (2002)
(Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA)

Marlene A. Birkman (2003)
(Webster University, St. Louis, MO)

Jocelyn A. Chadwick (2004)
(Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)

Robert E. Crafton (2004)
(Slippery Rock University, PA)

Jo Ellen Ham (2002)
(New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL)

Richard W. Halle (2005)
(Marshfield Jr. High School, WI)

Elissa Kido (2004)
(Riverside, CA)

Bernadette Lambert (2002)
(East Cobb Middle School, Marietta, GA)

Jeff Newton (2004)
(Culver Academies, IN)

Anne Ociepka (2002)
(Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis)

Margaret T Sacco (2003)
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

John Warren Stewig (2005)
(Glendale, WI)

Gail Wood (2005)
(Prospect Elementary School, Oberlin, OH)

Driek Zirinsky (2003)
(Boise State University, ID)

NCTE/SLATE Field Representative, Charles Suhor
(Montgomery, AL)

Executive Committee Liaison, Leila Christenbury
(Virginia Commonwealth University)

NCTE Staff Liaison, Millie  Davis  

2001

CHAIR, C Anne Webb (2002)
(St. Louis, MO)

Richard I Ammon (2002)
(Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA)

Marlene A Birkman (2003)
(Webster University, St. Louis, MO)

Lace S Cassidy (2001)
(Carl H Kumpf School, Clark, NJ)

Kristina M Elias-Staron (2001)
(Rham Middle School, Hebron, CT)

Jo Ellen Ham (2002)
(New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL)

Bernadette Lambert (2002)
(East Cobb Middle School, Marietta, GA)

Anne Ociepka (2002)
(Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis)

Nancy L Roser (2001)
(University of Texas, Austin)

Margaret T Sacco (2003)
(Miami University, Oxford, OH)

Jane Sarmiento Schwab (2001)
(Yakima School District, WA)

Driek Zirinsky (2003)
(Boise State University, ID)

NCTE/SLATE Field Representative, Charles Suhor
(Montgomery, AL)

Executive Committee Liaison, Leila Christenbury
(Virginia Commonwealth University)

NCTE Staff Liaison, Millie Davis