Amy Kristin

Dr. Amy Kristin Sanders is an award-winning journalist, licensed attorney and tenured associate professor in the School of Journalism and Media. Also an associate professor (by courtesy) at UT’s Law School, she serves as the first female editor of Communication Law and Policy. Sanders previously taught at Northwestern University’s campus in Doha, Qatar. She began her academic career at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities’ Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Sanders studies the legal regulation and ethical use of emerging technologies, with an emphasis on freedom of expression and democratic values. Specifically, her work focuses on media law and ethics issues globally, including media freedom, access to information and government transparency, freedom of speech and the regulation of social media and emerging technologies.