faculty
Chancellor Professor
Law School / Faculty
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Education
Duke University | JD |
Washington & Lee University | BA |
Teaching
- Tort law
- Comparative law
- Freedom of information law
Research
Research interests
- Civil/human rights and freedom of expression
- Mass communication and journalism
- Social and economic development
- Sport and society
Professional background
Peltz-Steele received his law degree from Duke University and a bachelor’s in journalism and Spanish from Washington & Lee University. Peltz-Steele has won awards in teaching, research, and public service. He practiced commercial law in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and taught law for more than thirteen years before coming to UMass Law in 2011.
Peltz-Steele is author, co-author, or co-editor of qualitative and quantitative research in law and mass communication in journals and books, of treatises in law and development and access to information, and of textbooks in tort law and freedom of information. He is especially active in international media law and policy, having presented papers on five continents and having published in foreign journals and multinational collaborations. His current research focuses on comparative transparency in the context of development and in the private sector. Peltz-Steele serves in various roles in public service organizations, including the legal education committee of the American Bar Association, International Law Section.
Additional links
- Blog: The Savory Tort
- Professor Richard Peltz-Steele's SSRN author page
- Professor Richard Peltz-Steele's Twitter
- Professor Richard Peltz-Steele's YouTube Channel