Quick Facts
Biography
Catherine J. Ross is a professor of law at The George Washington University Law School where she is a constitutional law expert specializing in the First Amendment as well as family law and the legal and policy issues affecting children and families.
Education
Ross received her BA, PhD, and JD from Yale University.
Free speech in public schools
Ross advocates for censorship-free public schools. Ross in 2015 published Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights. The Newseum in 2015 held an event, "The First Amendment and Students: Speak Up or Shut Up?" with Ross on her research and book. In 2016, C-SPAN covered "The Constitution on Campus: The Contested Boundaries of Free Speech" held at GW Law focusing on free speech issues on college campuses. Also in 2016, C-SPAN BookTV covered the Cato Institute's "Lessons In Censorship" featuring Ross and her book.
Publications
Books
- Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights (Harvard University Press, 2015).
- Contemporary Family Law, 3rd ed (with Douglas E. Abrams, Naomi R. Cahn, & David D. Meyer; Thomson West, 2012).
- America's Children at Risk: An Agenda for Legal Action (report of the ABA Working Groups on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children and their Families; American Bar Association Press, 1993).
- Child Abuse: An Agenda for Action (Oxford University Press, 1980; co-editor with George Gerbner and Edward Zigler).
- "Lessons in Censorship — Catherine J. Ross | Harvard University Press". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- Abrams, Douglas; Cahn, Naomi; Ross, Catherine; Meyer, David; McClain, Linda (2015-09-29). Contemporary Family Law (4 ed.). West Academic Publishing. ISBN 9781628101652.
- "America's Children At Risk: A National Agenda for Legal Action". Family Law Quarterly. 27 (3): 433–446. 1993-01-01. JSTOR 25739949.
- Keller, Harold R. (1982-01-01). "Child abuse: An Agenda for action, by G. Gerbner, C.J. Ross, and E. Zigler (eds). Oxford University Press: New York, 1980, 345 pp". Aggressive Behavior. 8 (3): 298–301. doi:10.1002/1098-2337(1982)8:33.0.CO;2-L. ISSN 1098-2337.