Office Location: Media, Film & Journalism Studies Building, Room 107A

Areas of Focus

Government secrecy, First Amendment theory and law, media law, Internet law and policy, media coverage of the United States Supreme Court.

Education

• PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2008)
• MMC, Arizona State University (2004)
• BA, University of California at Santa Barbara (1994)

Selected Accomplishments

• Member, Kappa Tau Alpha, National Honors Society in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Outstanding PhD Graduate, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2008)
• John B. Adams Award for Excellence in Mass Communication Law, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2008)
• Whitney and Shirley Mundt Top Student Paper Award, Law and Policy Division of the Association for Education and Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (2007)
• Curtis D. MacDougall Top Student Paper Award, Newspaper Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (2007)