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E-mail: labunski@uky.edu Phone: 257-5719

Dr. Richard Labunski

Richard Labunski is in his tenth year as an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications. Prior to joining the UK faculty in 1995, he taught for 11 years at the University of Washington in Seattle. He previously taught at Penn State University and at the University of California, Santa Barbara, when he was a graduate student.

Labunski is one of six recipients of the 2005 “Great Teacher” award given by the UK Alumni Association. It is the oldest continuous award given for teaching at the University.

He has a B.A. in political science from University of California, Berkeley,

and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science (American politics, constitutional law) from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

His J.D. is from Seattle University School of Law. Prior to pursuing an academic career, he spent ten years in radio and TV news at stations in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Reno and Tucson.

He teaches media law, a course on the First Amendment and the Internet, and for many years, he taught radio and TV news and supervised student-produced TV newscasts.

For the last four years, Labunski has been the director of the internship program.

He is the author of four books, law review articles, newspaper commentaries, and other publications. Most of his research has been on the First Amendment, constitutional law, American politics, the media, the Internet, and related topics.

His most recent book is on James Madison and the Bill of Rights. It will be published by Oxford University Press in its prestigious "Pivotal Moments in American History" series in 2006.

 

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March 28, 2005 2:38 PM
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