| Mark Fenster | |
| Discipline: | Communication studies Law |
| Sub Discipline: | Administrative law |
| Workplaces: | University of Florida Levin College of Law |
| Education: | University of Virginia (BA) University of Texas at Austin (MA) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (PhD) Yale University (JD) |
Mark Fenster is an American legal scholar working as Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar Chair in Electronic Communications and Administrative Law at the University of Florida.[1] [2] He is the author of The Transparency Fix: Secrets, Leaks, and Uncontrollable Government Information.[3]
Fenster received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1985 from the University of Virginia, a Master of Arts degree in radio, television, and film from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988, a PhD in communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1992, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1998.
Fenster served as a law clerk for Judge Carlos F. Lucero and worked as an environmental and land use lawyer at Shute Mihaly & Weinberger in San Francisco. He joined the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2001.[4]
Fenster married Trysh Travis, a professor of women's studies, in 2006.[5]