Students

Graduate students at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication come from all over the world and from many disciplines to study at UNC. Media law is among the first required courses graduate students take at the School, and many students go on to pursue legal research and present the research papers they write for JOMC 264 (Mass Communication Law and Ethics) at academic conferences. 

This year, our graduate legal scholars, research assistants and teaching assistants include:

Michael Flynn
Mike is a second-year master's student with research interests in intellectual property law and new technology. He has his bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and a law degree from Duke University. He was most recently a corporate finance attorney with Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman in Charlotte, N.C.

Cassandra Imfeld
Cassandra is a second-year Ph.D. student with research interests in copyright, cyberspace, and new technologies. She has her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Alabama. Prior to returning to school, Cassandra oversaw a Fortune 500 bank's online marketing and worked in the public relations industry. Cassandra has also taught public speaking, public relations and magazine design classes.

Min Jeong Kim
Min Jeong is a second-year master's student with research interests in international Internet regulation. She has a bachelor's and master's degree from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She has been an assistant researcher at the Korean Broadcasting Institute and the Information and Culture Center in Korea, and she has been a commentator for C.EL.


Conference Papers

Many of our graduate students who study media law have presented their work at national academic conferences. Click on the links below to learn more about our students and the papers they have presented. These papers represent just a small sample of the work that is presented by our students at national academic conferences worldwide.

AEJMC National Conference (August 2001)

AEJMC Southeast Regional Colloquium (April 2002)

AEJMC National Conference (August 2002)


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