Academic and Professional Service
School
Policies and Procedures Committee (elected position), School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, Aug. 2017 – present
Coordinator, Media Law School program (with the American Board of Trial Advocates), School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina (program held March 14-15, 2024; planned for Feb. 12-13, 2026).
Search Committee, Public Relations Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2017
Petitions Committee, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, Aug. 2016 – July 2017.
Revision of journalism school bylaws, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, Spring 2011.
College
Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee, College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina, Aug. 2021 – present
Search Committee, UNESCO Chair in Data, Media and Society , College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina, Feb. 2022 – Spring 2024.
Curriculum Innovation Team, College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina, Oct. 2022 – May 2023
University
Governance:
Faculty Senator (elected), University of South Carolina, Aug. 2021 – Aug. 2024
Intellectual Property Committee (elected), University of South Carolina, Aug. 2018 – July 2021; Aug. 2025 – July 2028
- elected chair, June 2020-Aug. 2021
- as chair, drafted and oversaw adoption of new university copyright policy, adopted May 2021
Other:
Faculty Advisor and Coach, USC (undergraduate) Mock Trial Team, Oct. 2024 – present
Academic Associate, University of South Carolina School of Law, Mar. 2021 – present
Faculty Associate, Rule of Law Collaborative, University of South Carolina, Sept. 2017 – present
Reviewer, Discover USC, Apr. 25, 2025
Reviewer, Discover USC, Apr. 19, 2024
Academic Field
Editorial board member, Journal of Media Law & Ethics, April 2024 – present
Article reviewer, Communications Law & Policy, August 2025.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2025 Annual Conference, August 2025.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, March 2025.
Article reviewer, Communications Law & Policy, August 2024.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, March 2024.
Article reviewer, Communications Law & Policy, January 2024.
Article reviewer, Communications Law & Policy, October 2023.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2023 Annual Conference, August 2023.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, March 2023.
Article reviewer, Communications Law & Policy, February 2023.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, March 2022.
Article reviewer, Communications Law & Policy, February 2022.
Article reviewer, Communications Law & Policy, August 2021.
Paper reviewer, Communications Law and Policy division, International Communications Association 2021 Annual Convention, Summer 2021.
Article reviewer, Social Media + Society, May 2021.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, March 2021.
Book Reviewer, Susan Dente Ross, Amy Reynolds and Robert Trager, The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication (7th ed., Sage), February 2021.
Paper reviewer, Communications Law and Policy division, International Communications Association 2021 Annual Convention, Summer 2021.
Paper reviewer, Communications Law and Policy division, International Communications Association 2020 Annual Conference, Summer 2020
Paper reviewer, Media Law and Policy in the Digital Age: Global Challenges and Opportunities mini-conference, Indiana University-Bloomington, March 2020.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, March 2020.
Paper reviewer, Communications Law and Policy division, International Communications Association 2019 Annual Conference, Summer 2019.
Article reviewer, Communications Law & Policy, March 2019.
Discussant, Law and Policy Division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, March 2019.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy and Open Competition divisions, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, March 2019.
Paper reviewer, Cohn Prize in Law and Public Policy, The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters, January 2019.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Spring 2018.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Spring 2017.
Article reviewer, Law & Social Inquiry, Fall 2016.
Paper reviewer, Law and Policy division, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, August 2013.
Co-author and editor, Model Brief on Access to the Executive Branch, Media Law Resource Center, August 2017.
Journalism; Media Law
Monthly media law column, South Carolina Press Association, Oct. 2016 – present
Member, FOI Committee, South Carolina Press Association, 2019 – present
Executive Board Member, American Bar Association Forum on Communication Law Media Advocacy Workshop (for law students and young attorneys), 2024 – present
Judge, 2025 Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers Contest, December 2025
Co-Reporter, South Carolina Law Initiative, Report regarding the proposed adoption of the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, H. 3049 (report submitted to South Carolina State Legislature), April 2025
Speaker, Media Law, South Carolina Scholastic Press Association 2025 Conference, Mar. 26, 2025, Columbia, S.C.
Judge, South Carolina Press Association 2025 Better Newspaper Contest, January 2025
Judge, South Carolina Press Association 2024 Better Newspaper Contest, January 2024
Submitted written testimony, South Carolina House Judiciary Committee hearing on H. 4274, the South Carolina Public Expression Protection Act, Feb. 29, 2023
Judge, Georgia Press Association 2025 Better Newspaper Contest, December 2025
Speaker, Media Law, South Carolina Scholastic Press Association Fall Conference 2023, Oct. 18, 2023, Columbia, S.C.
Speaker, Santa Clara University Law School Internet Law Student Organization “Coffee Chat,” Apr. 8, 2021.
Speaker, “The First Amendment & Public Relations,” South Carolina Chapter, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Mar. 11, 2021.
Speaker, Southern Interscholastic Press Association annual convention, Columbia, S.C., Mar. 2021
Speaker, Santa Clara University Law School Internet Law Student Organization “Coffee Chat,” Dec. 2020.
Speaker, South Carolina Scholastic Press Association virtual conference, Oct. 2020.
Speaker, South Carolina Scholastic Press Association annual convention, Columbia, S.C., Apr. 2019.
Speaker, Southern Interscholastic Press Association annual convention, Columbia, S.C., Mar. 2018.
Speaker, Southern Interscholastic Press Association annual convention, Columbia, S.C., Mar. 2017.
Speaker, Louisiana Scholastic Press Association annual convention, Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 2014.
Speaker, Louisiana Scholastic Press Association annual convention, Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 2013.
Speaker, Nevada High School Journalism Day, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev., Jan. 2012.
Speaker, Nevada High School Journalism Day, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev., Jan. 2011.
Speaker, Nevada High School Journalism Day, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev., Jan. 2010.
Presentation, “Copyrights and Copywrongs,” and “Privacy,” Annual High School Convention, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, New York, N.Y., Mar. 2009.
Presentation, “Copyrights and Copywrongs,” and “Privacy,” Annual High School Convention, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, New York, N.Y., Mar. 2008.
Presentation, “Copyrights and Copywrongs,” and “Privacy,” Annual High School Convention, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, New York, N.Y., Mar. 2007.
Presentation, “Copyrights and Copywrongs,” and “Privacy,” Annual High School Convention, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, New York, N.Y., Mar. 2006.
Presentation, “Copyrights and Copywrongs,” and “Privacy,” Annual High School Convention, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, New York, N.Y., Mar. 2005.
Outside expert, Senior Exhibition paper, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Oct. 2023 – June 2024.
Judge, NCFCA Region VII Qualifying Tournament (debate competition), Baton Rouge, La., Mar. 2016.
Speaker, Louisiana Scholastic Press Association annual convention, Baton Rouge, La., annually, Nov. 2015.
Judge, NCFCA Tiger Town Rumble (debate competition), Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 2015.
Judge, NCFCA Region VII Invitational (debate competition), Baton Rouge, La., May 2014.
Judge, Americas Regional Round, International Price Moot Court Competition, New York, Jan. 2013.
Scoring Judge, Nevada State Bar “We the People” oral argument competition, Nov. 2011.
Participant, Leadership New York XVII, Coro Foundation, 2005 – 2006.
N.Y.C. Bar Association (career days, journalism and Constitution programs in public schools), 2001 – 2005
Law Division, Broadcast Educators Association (2022 – present)
Law and Policy Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (2012 – present)
Newsgathering Committee, Media Law Resource Center (2009 – present)
Law and the Media Collaborative Research Network, Law and Society Association (2020 – 2022)
Communication Law and Policy Division, International Communication Association (2015 – 2021)
Media Law Committee, New York State Bar Association (2003 – 2013)
Copyright and Intellectual Property Committee, New York City Bar Association (2001 – 2003)
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