The 2017 Conference on Protest and Dissent was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco on August 31, 2017. The chair of the conference was Melissa Schwartzberg, Political Science, NYU (NOMOS editor).

Law: “Protest Fatigue: When Mass Demonstrations Become Routine”

• Principal paper: Richard Thompson Ford (Stanford University, Law)
• Commentator: Susan Brison (Dartmouth College, Philosophy)
• Commentator: John Medearis (University of California-Riverside, Political Science)

Philosophy: “In Defense of Uncivil Disobedience”

• Principal paper: Candice Delmas (Northeastern University, Philosophy)
• Commentator: Juliet Hooker (Brown University, Political Science)
• Commentator: Amna Akbar (Ohio State University, Law)

Political Science: “Competing Theories of Nonviolent Politics”

• Principal paper: Karuna Mantena (Yale University, Political Science)
• Commentator: José Medina (Vanderbilt University, Philosophy)
• Commentator: Tabatha Abu El-Haj (Drexel University, Law)