About Me

I am an Assistant Professor of Communications at Syracuse University in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on media law and policy to students pursuing research and creative industries. 

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For over a decade, my research has centered on digital privacy. My scholarship across media law & policy and interpersonal communication has grounded scholarship that not only has contributed to communication theory, but provided practical insight for protecting digital privacy.

 

I take arguments from law and policy and turn them into questions we can study quantitatively so that communication research can more effectively shape policy and practice. I am passionate about protecting interpersonal and institutional digital privacy as new technologies evolve, from messaging platforms to AI systems.

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Prior to joining Syracuse University, I was a postdoc at the University of Michigan School of Information. I earned a PhD and MA  from the Division of Emerging Media Studies at Boston University and my BS in Communication from Cornell University. 

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