Kathleen K. Olson, JD/PhD, Associate professor, Department of Journalism and Communication, Lehigh University


I serve as vice-head of the publications board and as Webmaster for the law and policy division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and frequently review book manuscripts and papers for journals and conferences affiliated with AEJMC and the International Communication Association. I also serve as Webmaster for the journalism and communication department at Lehigh, as adviser to the online edition of the Brown & White and as a member of several college-wide committees.

Recent invited presentations

"Let's Reclaim the Commons: Public Domain and Intellectual Property on the Electronic High Seas."   Panelist at a session sponsored by the Law division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at their annual convention, San Francisco, Calif., August 2006

"The First Amendment's Penumbral Right: Freedom of Association" and "Anti-Discrimination Laws and Freedom of Association," presented as part of the First Amendment Institute, an annual program of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Austin, Texas, September 2005