Matthew L. Spitzer
Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair In Law and Professor of Political Science, Professor of Law and Social Science at California Institute of Technology, Co-Director, Center for Communications Law and Policy and Co-Director Center in Economics and Organization.
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; J.D., University of Southern California; Ph.D. Social Science, California Institute of Technology.
Matthew L. Spitzer specializes in law and economics and in broadcast regulation. His recent research has focused on content control in broadcasting. Among his publications are Public Policy Toward Cable Television (with Thomas Hazlett), Seven Dirty Words and Six Other Stories: Controlling the Content of Print and Broadcast , and "Experimental Law and Economics." He taught at Northwestern University before joining the USC faculty.
Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law and Professor of Political Science, University of Southern California Law School. b.1952. B.A., 1973, U.C.L.A.; J.D., 1977, University of Southern California Law School; Ph.D., 1979, California Institute of Technology. Southern California Law Review. Admitted: California, 1977. Associate Litigator, Nossaman, Krueger & Marsh, 1977-79; Assistant Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1979-81; Associate Professor, USC Law, 1981-84; Professor, 1984-87; William T. Dalessi Professor of Law, 1987-2000; Professor of Law & Social Science, California Institute of Technology, 1992-June 2001; Visiting Associate in Division of Humanities and Social Sciences at California Institute of Technology, July 2001-present; Director, Olin Program in Law and Rational Choice at USC, July 1990-June 2000; Director, USC Center for Communications Law and Policy, 1998-2000; Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Professor of Law at USC, since July 2000; Professor of Political Science, since November 2002. Subjects: Administrative Law; Economic Analysis of Law; Real Property; Regulation of Broadcasting. Member/Activities: KUSC University Advisory Board, July 2000-October 2001; American Law & Economics Review, Board of Editors, 1998-2000; American Law & Economics Association, Board of Directors, 1997-2000; Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Organizing Committee Member 1991-94, Board of Directors, 1993-95. Member, Board of Governors, Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2005 to present. Member, Law School Council, The Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California, 2005 to 2008.
