Sheila B. Lalwani

Graduate Researcher

Sheila B. Lalwani is a doctoral student in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the Moody College of Communication and research associate with the Technology and Information Policy Institute (TIPI). A recipient of the prestigious Graduate School Mentoring Fellowship and Continuing Fellowship, Sheila conducts research on comparative media law, freedom of expression, and cybersecurity within the U.S. and European Union. At TIPI, she has contributed research on smart cities, AI policy, and surveillance practices. Sheila has presented her research at numerous conferences, including the Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference at Yale Law School, International Communication Association (ICA), and Association of Educators in Mass Communication (AEJMC). She has been awarded grants from Moody College, TIPI, and Good Systems. Funding from TIPI also enabled her to serve as a two-time panelist for the Oxford Programme on Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford University. 

Her work has appeared in Communication Law Review, Surveillance and Society, and the Journal of Information Policy. A former Fulbright Scholar to Germany, Sheila graduated with a Master in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and started her career at the Associated Press.