Going Public: Choosing Your Own Adventure for Intellectual Freedom

2026 NCTE Annual Convention · 20 November 2026 · 09:30–10:45 · 115-C (100 Level)

Going Public: Choosing Your Own Adventure for Intellectual Freedom was a session at 2026 NCTE Annual Convention on 20 November 2026 in Philadelphia, with 18 speakers on record.

Speakers

• Emily Lewis — Speaker Southeast Polk High School
• Katie Burnett — Speaker Granite Bay High School
• Betsy Gomez — Speaker Program Officer, American Library Association
• Holly Spinelli — Speaker Monroe-Woodbury High School/ SUNY Orange County Community College
• Christopher Mazura — Speaker New York State English Council (NYSEC) / Guilderland High School
• Susan Cridland-Hughes — Speaker Clemson University
• Tiffany Larson — Speaker University of Central Oklahoma
• Chantal Francois — Speaker Towson University
• Kate D Lechtenberg — Speaker University of Iowa
• Melissa Ferris — Speaker
• Bridgette Gallagher — Speaker Saratoga Springs High School/New York State English Council (NYSEC)
• David Levithan — Speaker
• Tadayuki Suzuki — Speaker SUNY Cortland
• Christy Hickman — Speaker Iowa State Education Association
• Philomena Polefrone — Speaker PEN America
• Christina Dobbs — Speaker Boston University
• Ann David — Speaker University of the Incarnate Word
• Cody Miller — Speaker SUNY Brockport