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Faculty

Derigan  Silver

  • Mass Communications & Journalism, Room 107A
  • 303-871-2657
  • Derigan.Silver@du.edu

Focus:

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)