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Dean Smith, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae

One University Parkway, High Point, N.C. 27268 (336) 276-5273 deansmithphd@gmail.com

Current position:

Assistant Professor

Qubein School of Communication

High Point University

One University Parkway

High Point, N.C. 27268

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Mass Communication, School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011. Dissertation: “Legislating the First Amendment: Statutory Shield Laws as Non-Judicial Precedents.”

Master of the Study of Law, Yale Law School, Yale University, 2003.

Bachelor of Music, UNC School of the Arts, 1986.

Certificate in Technology and Communication, School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005.

Certificate in Foreign Affairs Reporting, Fondation Journalistes en Europe, Centre de Formation et de Perfectionnement des Journalistes, Paris, 1996.

Academic Experience

2013-Present

Assistant Professor

Began tenure-track position Fall 2013 in the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication at High Point University, High Point, N.C. Primary duties include teaching two sections of Communications Law and Ethics each semester, as well as journalism courses.

2012-2013

Teaching Visiting Professor

Worked on a one-year contract in the Department of English at N.C. State University, Raleigh, N.C. Entailed a 3-3 load of news writing and opinion writing.

2012-2013

Adjunct Professor

Taught three sections of Communications Law and Ethics at High Point University.

2012-2014

Research Collaborator

Did research and wrote policy position papers for the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy at UNC. Highlight: Wrote a white paper for the center that was commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and issued in the school’s name; presented the paper at the related conference convened at Harvard University.

2011-2012

Teaching Visiting Professor

Taught a 3-3 load of media law, news writing and feature writing in what was then the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UNC.

2008-2011

Instructor of Record

Taught two sections per semester (law, news writing, feature writing) at UNC.

Summers 2008-2011
Instructor of Record

Taught four summer school sections of media law at UNC.

Summer 2011

Research Assistant

Worked with Anne Klinefelter and Andrew Chin in the UNC School of Law on research into uses of advanced computer techniques to improve privacy of sensitive information.

Summer 2010

Research Assistant

Worked with Anne Klinefelter on her Law Library Journal article First Amendment Limits on Library Collection Management, 102 L. Libr. J. 343 (2010).

2008-2009

Research Assistant

Worked for a year as an on-staff legal researcher with the Faculty Research Service at UNC School of Law; director, Julie Kimbrough.

2007-2009

Teaching Assistant

Assisted Dr. Cathy Packer for two years with her course Introduction to Mass Communication Law at UNC.

Summer 2007

Research Assistant

Worked with Dr. Cathy Packer on her Hastings Communication & Entertainment Law Journal article The Politics of Power: A Social Architecture Analysis of the 2005-2008 Shield Law Debate in Congress, 31 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L. J. 395 (2009).

2006-2007

Research Assistant
Worked with Dr. Frank Fee on his Journalism History article “To No-one More Indebted”: Frederick Douglass and Julia Griffiths, 1849-1863, 37 Journalism Hist. 12 (Spring 2011).

Professional Experience

2004-2006

News & Observer

Worked as a copy editor at this daily in Raleigh, N.C.

1990-2004

The Charlotte Observer

Held a variety of jobs reporting and editing at this regional daily in Charlotte, N.C. Final assignment was as assistant world and national editor.

1999-2003

The New York Times

Worked as a freelance reporter and occasional byline writer for national and business desks.

1995-1996

Europe

On leave from The Charlotte Observer, wrote for and helped edit this bilingual political quarterly in Paris.

1986-1990

Winston-Salem Journal

Held a variety of jobs at this regional daily in North Carolina.

1988-1990

USA Today

Worked as a stringer for “the nation’s newspaper.”

Bibliography

Book & Book Chapter

Smith, D.C. & Derigan Silver (2018). “Access to the Courts.” In W. Wat Hopkins (Ed.), Communication and the Law, 2018 Edition (337-86). Northport, Alabama: Vision Press.

Smith, D.C. (2013). A Theory of Shield Laws: Journalists, Their Sources and Popular Constitutionalism. El Paso, Texas: LFB Scholarly Publishing.

Smith, D.C. (2012). “Foreword.” In Anqi Li, Is Same-Sex Marriage a Civil Right? Uses of History in the Courts and in the Press During California’s Battle Over Proposition 8 (i-v). New York: Edwin Mellen Press.

Refereed (Blind Review) Articles

Smith, D.C. (2014, January). The Real Story Behind the Nation’s First Shield Law: Maryland, 1894-1897. Communication Law and Policy, 19(1), 3-53.

Smith, D.C. (2012, Winter/Spring). Journalist Privilege in 1929: The Quest for a Federal Shield Law Begins. Journal of Media Law and Ethics, 3(1/2), 136-170.

Smith, D.C. (2009, April). Price v. Time Revisited: The Need for Medium-Neutral Shield Laws in an Age of Strict Construction. Communication Law and Policy, 14(2), 235-272.

Conference Papers and Symposium Presentations

Smith, D.C. (2017, August), The Rise of the Press as a Special Interest Group in Law and in History. Invited panel at the 100th annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago.

Smith, D.C., (2016, August), CKF Journalism Roundtable. Research panel convened by the Charles Koch Foundation in Washington, D.C., to discuss the role of college newspapers in fostering freedom of expression on campus.

Smith, D.C. (2016, June), The Rise of the Press as a Special Interest Group. Panel discussion at the annual convention of the international Law and Society Association, New Orleans.

Smith, D.C. (2013, September), Who Should Be Protected by a New Federal Shield Law? Panel discussion sponsored by UNC Center for Media Law and Policy and UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Smith, D.C. (2013, April), A State Public Affairs Network for North Carolina: It’s Time! Policy paper commissioned by the Center for Media Law and Policy at UNC, presented to members of the N.C. General Assembly.

Smith, D.C. (2012, August), The Real Story Behind the Nation’s First Shield Law: Maryland, 1894-1897. Presented in the Law Division of AEJMC, national convention, Chicago.

Smith, D.C. (2012, May), From Competition to Cooperation: Engaging Cable, Satellite, Internet and Mobile Broadband Service Providers in Meeting the Information Needs of Communities. Policy paper commissioned by the Knight Foundation, the Center for Media Law and Policy, and the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication; presented at the annual meeting of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Smith, D.C. (2012, March), The Real Story Behind the Nation’s First Shield Law: Maryland, 1894-1897. Presented in the Law Division of AEJMC, Southeast Colloquium, Blacksburg, Va.

Smith, D.C. (2010, March), Subpoenas, Potheads and Non-Traditional Journalists: The Trials of Annette Buchanan on the Eve of Branzburg. Presented in the Law Division of AEJMC, Southeast Colloquium, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Smith, D.C. (2009, August), Statutory Shield Laws in Constitutional Orbits: The Rise of the “Covered Person” Issue. Presented in the Law Division of AEJMC, national convention, Boston, Mass. Top Student Paper.

Smith, C. (2009, August), Journalist Privilege in 1929: Sen. Arthur Capper and the Start of the Shield Law Movement in America. Presented in the History Division of AEJMC, national convention, Boston, Mass.

Smith, C. (2009, March), Statutory Shield Laws in Constitutional Orbits: The Rise of the “Covered Person” Issue. Presented in the Law Division of AEJMC, Southeast Colloquium, Oxford, Miss. Top Student Paper.

Smith, D.C. (2009, March), Journalist Privilege in 1929: Sen. Arthur Capper and the Start of the Shield Law Movement in America. Presented in the History Division of AEJMC, Southeast Colloquium, Oxford, Miss.

Smith, D.C. (2008, August), Price v. Time Revisited: The Need for Medium-Neutral Shield Laws in an Age of Strict Construction. Presented in the Law Division of the AEJMC, national convention, Chicago, Ill.

Smith, D.C., Gibson, R. & Hester, J. (2008, August), Effects of Gay and Lesbian Exemplars in News Reports on Reader Perceptions. Presented in the LGBT Interest Group of AEJMC, national convention, Chicago.

Smith, D.C., Gibson, R. & Hester, J.B. (2007, August), Effects of Gay and Lesbian Exemplars in News Reports on Reader Perceptions: A Pilot Study. Presented in the Minorities in Media Division of the International Communication Association, national convention, San Francisco.

Awards

Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award, from AEJMC, August 2012. Dissertation title: “Legislating the First Amendment: Statutory Shield Laws as Non-Judicial Precedents.”

Second Place Faculty Award, from AEJMC Law Division, national convention, August 2012.

John B. Adams Award for Excellence in Mass Communication Law, from UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, April 2010.

Minnie S. and Eli A. Rubinstein Research Award, from UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, April 2010.

Top Student Paper Award, from AEJMC Law Division, national convention, August 2009.

Top Student Paper Award, from AEJMC Law Division, regional convention, March 2009.

Grants

Faculty Partnership Grant, from the Institute for Humane Studies and the John Templeton Foundation; $6,000 to support a keynote address by Jonathan Rauch and the third annual First Amendment Day, scheduled for March 28, 2018; $750 for smaller events in Fall 2017.

Civic Education Initiative Grant, from Charles Koch Foundation; $3,700 to support the We the People high school debate contest, March 6, 2017; similar amount pledged for March 3, 2018.

Faculty Partnership Grant, from the Institute for Humane Studies and the John Templeton Foundation; $5,000 to support a keynote address by Nadine Strossen and second annual Frist Amendment Day, March 22, 2017.

Faculty Partnership Grant, from the Institute for Humane Studies; $3,000 to support a keynote address by Greg Lukianoff and HPU’s inaugural Frist Amendment Day, March 21, 2016.

HPU Cultural Enrichment Committee Grant, $950 to support second annual First Amendment Day, March 22, 2017.

Campus Free Speech Initiative Grant, from the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University; $5,000 to support free-speech-on-campus activities during the 2015-16 school year.

Cultural Enrichment Committee Grant, from HPU Cultural Enrichment Committee to support First Amendment Day; $2,000 to support a keynote address by Greg Lukianoff, March 2016.

Service

To High Point University

University: Raised money, organized and hosted for three years “Free Speech on Campus: A Yearlong Dialogue on Academic Freedom.” That has included beginning First Amendment Day as an annual event and playing host to nationally recognized speakers such as Greg Lukianoff and Nadine Strossen. (2016-present)

University: Brought to HPU and raised grant money for “We the People: The Constitution and the Citizen,” the annual statewide high school debate contest. This is a nationwide event that culminates in a national contest every April in Washington, D.C.

University: Honors Scholars Program, including curriculum committee, assessment committee and portfolio committee. As an integral member of the Honors Program committee, I was part of a group of five who in 2016 designed a complete overhaul of the program to bring it in line with model programs at top universities and to meet Phi Beta Kappa standards. (2014-present)

University: Family Weekend, Lead Faculty Lecture, “A Brief History of the Constitution: 1619 to the Present.” (2015)

University: Presidential Scholars weekends; scholarship interviews. (2014-present)

University: Open House weekends; recruiting events. (2014-present)

University: Participant in open-classroom program in which prospective students observe classes. (2013-present)

School of Communication: Lambda Pi Eta, the communications honors society, faculty adviser. (2015-present)

School of Communication: Assessment Committee. (2014-present)

School of Communication: Sequence Coordinator, media law and ethics. (2017)

School of Communication: Search Committee, journalism/strategic communication chair. (2013)

To the Field

AEJMC, Law Division: Organized and ran the annual Stonecipher Award competition for the best media article published in the previous year; will continue in that role. (2016-present).

AEJMC, Law Division: Reviewed paper submissions for Southeast Colloquium and national conventions all years and served as a discussant or moderator all years. (2013-present)

AEJMC, History Division: Reviewed paper submissions for national conventions all years. (2013-present)

UNC Center for Media Law and Policy: Helped facilitate dialogue between open government advocates and members of the N.C. General Assembly in effort to create a statewide version of C-SPAN; included writing a briefing paper for legislators on behalf of the center. (2013)

UNC Center for Media Law and Policy: Helped facilitate a daylong conference of journalists, industry leaders, political leaders and scholars exploring ways to strengthen civic journalism. Resulted in a policy paper ghost written by me and published by UNC; presented the paper at a conference of university deans convened at Harvard University. (2012)

Professional Honors

2003

Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the U.S. Invited to participate in a “global round table” discussion on the role of journalism in the wake of the 9-11 attacks; three-day conference with American and European journalists convened in April 2003 in Brussels.

1999-2004

Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the U.S. Invited to host annual visits by eight to 10 “future leaders of Europe” participating in GMF’s Memorial Fellows program.

1998

Fellow, French-American Foundation Spent two weeks in France evaluating an exchange program for nonprofit administrators; resulted in a report for the foundation.

1995-96

Fellow, Journalists in Europe Foundation One of 25 journalists in 10-month program in Paris; included studying E.U. affairs, writing for the quarterly magazine Europe and traveling extensively on reporting assignments.

1993

Fellow, French-American Foundation One of three in the FAF’s two-month journalist exchange program in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

1993

Fellow, Knight Center for Specialized Journalism One of 19 at the center’s first session on nonprofit financial reporting at University of Maryland-College Park.