From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Kembrew McLeod is an American journalist artist activist and professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa He is best known as a performance artist or media prankster who filed an application in 1997 to register the phrase Freedom of Expression as a trademark in the United States This phrase was the name of his zineartist book series and on January 6 1998 McLeod was granted registration no 2127381 in Class 16 for booklets in the field of creative writing McLeod received his PhD from University of MassachusettsAmherst an MA from the University of Virginia and a BS from James Madison University Description above from the Wikipedia article Kembrew McLeod licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia