Professor and Author Jennifer Finney Boylan Elected President of PEN America

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Jennifer Finney Boylan, the College’s inaugural Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence, has been selected to lead PEN America, the nation’s foremost free speech organization. Boylan, an LGBTQ+ rights activist, takes the helm of the organization at a time when cancel culture and book banning present challenges to free speech. Fully aware of the inherent dichotomies of her new role, Boylan told The New York Times, “As PEN president, it is my job to fight for free expression on the right and the left.”