SANDRA DAVIDSON teaches communications law at the Missouri School of Journalism and is an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri School of Law. She is the attorney for the Columbia Missourian, the daily community newspaper produced by the School of Journalism. Davidson has been active in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, previously serving as chair of the Law division.
Davidson has received many honors for her teaching and research, including:
Pi Beta Phi Professor of Excellence (2003)
Certificate of Appreciation, National Association of Black Journalists, University of Missouri-ALE Chapter (2002)
O.O. McIntyre Distinguished Professor (2001-2002)
Most Inspiring Professor Award, 15th Annual Student-Athlete Academic Awards Breakfast (2001)
Mystical Seven Honorary Faculty Initiate (2000)
Davidson has been a panelist for the Information Policy Taskforce of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Associated Press Managing Editors, the Society of Newspaper Designers, the National Association of Science Writers, the Inland Press Association, the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, the Dallas Bar, the Kansas Bar, the St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Texas Freedom of Information Coalition, among other groups.
Her writings include "Blood Money: When Media Expose Others to Risk of Bodily Harm," published in the winter 1997 edition of the Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, and "Statutory Language for a Model Statute for Access to Government Records," published in the spring 2003 edition of the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. In 1999, Greenwood Publishing Company published the book, Bleep! Censoring Rock 'n' Rap Music, edited by Davidson and Betty Houchin Winfield.
