Biography
Ed Carter is director and professor at the BYU School of Communications. He holds a JD as well as postgraduate law degrees from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Oxford. He worked as a full-time journalist for four years. Currently he has a part-time legal consulting practice relating to appellate litigation.
Research Interests
Free expression, media regulation (both domestic and international)Teaching Interests
Media law, journalismEducation
- Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law, International Human Rights Law , freedom of expression; poverty erradication; immigration law, University of Oxford (2016)
Honors and Awards
- Fulbright Scholar Grant, U.S. State Department, Fulbright Scholar Program (2022 - 2022)
- SPJ Sunshine Award, Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (2022 - 2022)
- Fulbright Specialist, Colombia, U.S. State Department, Fulbright Program (2019 - 2019)
- Faculty Teaching Award, BYU Division of Continuing Education (2016 - 2016)
- Phi Kappa Phi, BYU Chapter (2016 - 2016)
- William H. Taft Outstanding KTA Chapter Adviser Award, Kappa Tau Alpha (2016 - 2016)
- Fulbright Specialist, Fulbright Scholar Program, U.S. State Department (2014 - 2014)
- Santander Scholarship, University of Oxford Master of Studies Program in International Human Rights Law (2013 - 2014)
- Forsyth Scholar, David P. Forsyth Memorial Research Award in Mass Communications, BYU Department of Communications (2011 - 2014)
- Third-Place Faculty Paper, AEJMC Law and Policy Division (2012 - 2012)
- Beckham Lecturer, Raymond and Ida Lee Beckham, BYU Department of Communications (2010 - 2010)
- First Place Faculty Paper, AEJMC Law and Policy Division, Southeast Colloquium (2010 - 2010)
Administrative Assignments
- School of Communications: Director (2015 - 2021)
- College of Fine Arts and Communications: Associate Dean (2013 - 2015)
Professional Citizenship
- Member, North America and Western Europe Working Group on the Safety of Journalists, Journalism Safety Research Network (2023 - Present)
- Officer (specify in Other), AEJMC Law and Policy Division (2022 - Present)
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (2013 - Present)
- Editor, Associate Editor, AEJMC Law and Policy Division/Communication Law and Policy journal (2022 - 2023)