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Dr. Erik Ugland

Dr. Erik UglandMarquette University

Johnston Hall, 404C

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-3494erik.ugland@marquette.edu

Associate Professor

Education

Ph.D., University of Minnesota
J.D., University of Minnesota
M.A., University of Minnesota
B.A., University of Minnesota

Courses Taught

COMM 1200 Mass Media in Society
CORE 1929: Honors Foundations in Methods of Inquiry
COMM 3800: Media Law
COMM 3900: Ethical Problems of Mass Communication
DGMD 4800: Digital Media Law and Policy
COMM 6500: Media Law
COMM 6500: Media Law and Policy:

Research Interests

Media law and policy
Newsgathering Protections
International Media and Human Rights Law
First Amendment theory
Regulatory models and rationales
Media ethics and accountability

Professional Affiliations

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
International Communication Association (ICA)
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)

Recent Publications

[Forthcoming] Terry, Christopher & Ugland, Erik (2026). Unequal Enforcement of the Equal Time Rule: Late Night, Talk Radio, and the News Interview Exception, Virginia Law Review Online, ___, ___.

[Forthcoming] Ugland, Erik (2026). The Creative Destruction of Media Law Education, Communication Law & Policy, ___. ____.

Ugland, Erik and Mazzeo, C. (2021). Hacks, Leaks, and Data Dumps: The Right to Publish Illegally Acquired Information 20 Years After Bartnicki v. Vopper, Washington Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 1.

Ugland, Erik (2021). United States and International Communication Rights Frameworks and the Pursuit of Global Consensus, in Loreto Corredoira, Ignacio Bel & Rodrigo Cetina Presuel (eds.), Communication Rights, Law and Ethics (John Wiley & Sons).

Ugland, Erik (2020). Reflection on Robert Bork’s ‘Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems,’ Communication Law & Policy, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Recent Presentations

Panelist, “Should Journalists be Defined and Regulated,” Society of Professional Journalists, online (2026).

Paper: “Reviving and Reconceptualizing the Neutral Reportage Privilege,” International Association for Media and Communication Research, Singapore (2025) [paper co-authored with Christina Mazzeo]

Presenter and Invited Participant, The Press Clause Project, Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, Yale Law School (Chicago 2023 and Berkeley Law School 2024)

Panelist, “Defining the Rights of the Press,” Access and Accountability 2022, Yale Law School, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (October 2022)

Panelist, “Freedom of Expression Online: A Comparative Perspective,” Harvard Law School, International Forum for Communication Law and Ethics, Harvard European Law Association, and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (conducted online because of Covid-19 pandemic, 2021)