Research
Mark Grabowski's research centers on communications law and ethics, with a particular emphasis on the Internet. He received the 2015 James Madison Prize for Outstanding Research in First Amendment Studies and was awarded a 2020 Fulbright fellowship to study cryptocurrency regulation.
His latest work is the second edition of his textbook, Cyber Law and Ethics: Regulation of the Connected World, which will be published by Routledge in 2026. Routledge also published Grabowski's 2019 book on Bitcoin and blockchain, Cryptocurrencies: A Primer on Digital Money. The book cracked Amazon's Top 20 sellers' list for books on money in August 2019 and was ranked as the "Best New Blockchain Book to Read" by Book Authority.
Mark's papers have been published in Yale Journal on Regulation, Stanford Law & Policy Review, Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Communication Law Review, Nebraska Law Review, Indiana Law Review, Journal of Media Law & Ethics, and the Journal of Law, Technology & Internet. In August 2014, he gave a TEDx talk in Shanghai on "The Battle for Control of the Internet."
His legal scholarship has been cited by several major media outlets, various books, top law reviews, National Constitution Center, International Centre for Sports Studies, judges in the U.S., Australia and elsewhere. It's also been translated and republished in Romanian and Korean.
Mark brings his scholarship directly into the classroom, teaching “Cyber Law & Ethics” and “Bitcoin & Blockchain” at Adelphi University, as well as “Media Law & Ethics” at Marymount Manhattan College. He previously served as chair of the Freedom of Speech Division for the Southern States Communication Association.
A former journalist, Mark first became interested in these issues while studying law at Georgetown. He worked at the Institute for Public Representation, where he helped litigate civil rights matters, including Freedom of Information Act cases challenging federal agencies that withheld public records. He also contributed to Wilner v. NSA, arguing that the U.S. government’s warrantless wiretapping program violated attorney–client privilege by intercepting communications between Guantanamo Bay detainees and their lawyers.