Faculty & Staff
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Communication Law and Journalism
Office: 101 Shanks Hall
Phone: (540) 231-9833
Email: whopkins@vt.edu
Education
Ph.D., 1987, University of North Carolina
M.A., 1973, University of North Carolina
B.A., 1972, Western Carolina University
Teaching Interests
Newswriting and reporting
Communication law
Recent Scholarship
Some recent publications are:
+ "Uninhibited, Robust and Wide Open Debate: Reclaiming the Essence of Democracy in the Wake of 9/11." In THE LANGUAGE, SYMBOLS AND NARRATIVES OF 9/11," Robert E. Denton, ed. New York: Transaction, 2004, pp. 59-62.
+ "Cross Burning Revisited: What the Supreme Court Should Have Done in Virginia v. Black and Why it Didn't." 21 HASTINGS COMMUNICATION AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL (COMM/ENT) 269-315 (2004).
+ "The Involuntary Public Figure: Not So Dead After All." 21 CARDOZO ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL 1-49 (2003).
Professional Affiliations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Supreme Court Historical Society
Society of Professional Journalists
Virginia Coalition for Open Government
American Civil Liberties Union
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