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Marist Fall 2026 Open House
Join us for a Fall Open House and see Marist for yourself. Explore our stunning riverfront campus, learn more about academics and admissions, and get a firsthand look at life as a Red Fox. Along the way, you'll hear from students, faculty, and staff about the opportunities, connections, and experiences that make Marist special. Register Below:
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Marist Fall 2026 Open House
Join us for a Fall Open House and see Marist for yourself. Explore our stunning riverfront campus, learn more about academics and admissions, and get a firsthand look at life as a Red Fox. Along the way, you'll hear from students, faculty, and staff about the opportunities, connections, and experiences that make Marist special. Register Below:
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Marist Fall 2026 Open House
Join us for a Fall Open House and see Marist for yourself. Explore our stunning riverfront campus, learn more about academics and admissions, and get a firsthand look at life as a Red Fox. Along the way, you'll hear from students, faculty, and staff about the opportunities, connections, and experiences that make Marist special. Register Below:
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Marist Fall 2026 Open House
Join us for a Fall Open House and see Marist for yourself. Explore our stunning riverfront campus, learn more about academics and admissions, and get a firsthand look at life as a Red Fox. Along the way, you'll hear from students, faculty, and staff about the opportunities, connections, and experiences that make Marist special. Register Below:
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Dr. Lynn Eckert
Associate Professor of Political Science
Education
BA Gettysburg College
MA Temple University
PhD Syracuse University
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Constitutional Law, American Politics, Political Philosophy, First Amendment, Feminist Theory, Social Movements
Selected Publications
Books
Free Speech Law and the Pornography Debate: A Gender-Based Approach to Regulating Inegalitarian Pornography, Lexington Press, 2020.
Justice Kennedy’s Gay Rights Legacy (Manuscript in progress).
Articles
“AI, Law and the Humanities Classroom: Application and the Irreplaceable Human.” Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 75, Issue 1 (2026). (Forthcoming)
“How to Run for Political Office.” Public Humanities, How-to Issue, editor Jeffrey R. Wilson, 2025; 1:e70. doi:10.1017/pub.2024.41
“A Critique of the Content and Viewpoint Neutrality Principle in Free Speech Doctrine,” Law, Culture and the Humanities, Vol. 7 No. 2 (2011).
“Language Games: Regulating Adult Establishments and the Obfuscation of Gender,” Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, Vol. XV, No. 2, Spring 2006.
“The Incoherence of the Zoning Approach to Regulating Pornography: Category Confusion and the Exclusion of Gender,” Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Vol. IV, No.3, Summer/Early Fall, 2003.
Book Chapters
“Dog-Whistles, Coded Language and the Gun Range Debate” with Joanne Myers in Gun Violence and Gun Control: Critical Engagements, editors Annette Bailey, Thomas S. Harrison, and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich (Demeter Press, June 2022.)
“Crossing Lines: Mandy Carter and the Tradition of Black Feminist Activism in the Third Wave,” with Dionne Bensonsmith, in Still Lifting, Still Climbing: Contemporary African-American Women’s Activism, Kimberly Springer (New York University Press, 1999).
Awards and Honors
Special Recognition Award for Teaching, 2007, Marist College.
Special Recognition Award for Scholarship, 2006, Marist College.