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