Dr. Jennifer Lambe
Associate Professor, Communication
Director of Graduate Studies, SNF Ithaca Initiative Affiliated Faculty
University of Delaware
234 Pearson Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
Jennifer (Jenny) Lambe is an associate professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Communication Department at the University of Delaware. She is a founding faculty member of the UD Center for Political Communication and also recently became an affiliated faculty member with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Ithaca Initiative on Civil Discourse in the Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. She was a fellow of the University of California's National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement during 2020-2021. Lambe received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2000. Her research and teaching focus broadly on free expression and democracy. Her areas of interest include (a) freedom of expression, both domestically and internationally; (b) media policy/law/ethics; and (c) the effects of media. In 2017 she co-authored the second edition of Media Effects and Society with Elizabeth M. Perse. Other current and recent projects include a forthcoming book, tentatively titled Counteracting Hate Speech, improved measurement of public (and campus) willingness to censor, exploring tensions between free expression and diversity, especially in higher education, and public opinion about net neutrality and campaign finance issues. Lambe coordinates yearly community engagement programming to mark Free Speech Week (fall) and World Press Freedom Day (spring).
Research
​freedom of expression & democracy, civil discourse, hate speech, media law/policy/ethics, media effects​
Awards
​2020-2021 Fellowship with the University of California's National Center on Free Speech and Civic Engagement​​​
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