Ari Waldman, Ph.D.

Ari Ezra Waldman, Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School.

Professor of Law

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University

J.D., Harvard Law School

M.A, Sociology, Columbia University

B.A., History, Harvard College

Introduction

An international expert on the issues of privacy and the internet
More than 13 years of experience working in the field of Law
Taught Law for more than nine years
Specializes in concerns about privacy, intellectual property, and the internet
Publishes in numerous journals and wrote a book

Experience

Dr. Ari Waldman is a former writer for ThoughtCo who worked with essays about the right to privacy. Dr. Waldman is a leading expert on privacy and internet law. He publishes and speaks widely on legal and policy questions related to personal privacy, technology, online harassment, and social networking. Dr. Waldman received the 2017 Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) Best Paper Award for his work, Designing Without Privacy (Houston Law Review, Vol.55, No.659, 2018). Cambridge University Press published his doctoral dissertation on privacy law, policies, and trust in 2018. Dr. Waldman also acts as the legal editor for LGBTQ media outlet, Towleroad.

Dr. Waldman has more than 13 years of experience working in the field of Law, with more than nine of those years teaching the subject. His background includes practice with two large law firms and clerking for the Federal Appellate Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. He turned to full-time teaching in 2010, working with the California Western School of Law and the Brooklyn Law School before accepting a position at the New York Law School.

Education

Ari Waldman earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology from the Columbia University–New York City in 2015. He also holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard Law School, a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Sociology, and a Bachelor Arts (B.A.) in History and Economics.

Award and Publications

2017 Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) Best Paper Award
Privacy as Trust: Information Law for an Information Age (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Designing Without Privacy (Houston Law Review, Vol.55, No.659, 2018)
The Marketplace of Fake News (University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol20, 2018)
Privacy, Sharing, and Trust: The Facebook Study (Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol.67, Iss.1, 2016)
The Internet Ruined My Life, Episode 2 Food Fight (Syfy, Left/Right, 2016)

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