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    Lindsie Rank

    School of Media and Journalism
    Instructor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    lrank@kent.edu

    Biography

    Lindsie Rank is an adjunct professor of media law and ethics at Kent State University. She is also the Director of Campus Rights Advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). An experienced media and First Amendment attorney, Rank has provided legal services and education to countless student and professional journalists across the country. As a social scientist, she also conducts research on pressures affecting the content of student media.

    Lindsie holds a J.D. and an M.A. in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina and is admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

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