Personal profile
Biography
Brian Ray is the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Online Programs, and Leon & Gloria Plevin Professor of Law at CSU College of Law. His research focuses on cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI regulation and ethics with a focus on surveillance technologies. He is the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over $4 million in research grants related to cybersecurity and data privacy education, surveillance technologies, and pandemic preparation and response. He co-founded and directs the Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection and created and directs the online Master of Legal Studies in Cybersecurity & Data Privacy. He serves on the CyberOhio Advisory Board, where he co-drafted Ohio’s first-in-the-nation incentive-based cybersecurity law, and served on the Ohio Attorney General Facial Recognition Task Force. SC Magazine named him one of three Outstanding Cybersecurity Educators in the 2017 Reboot Leadership Awards.
Education/Academic qualification
J.D., The Ohio State University
… → 2001
East Asian Languages and Culture, M.A., University of Pennsylvania
… → 1998
Program of Liberal Studies and Japanese Studies, B.A., University of Notre Dame
… → 1993
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
-
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Teaching
Service
- 10 Professional Service
-
Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway Advisory Board
Ray, B. E. (Participant)
2019 → …Activity: Other › Professional Service
-
Ohio Facial Recognition Task Force
Ray, B. E. (Participant)
2018 → 2019Activity: Other › Professional Service
-
-
Duke Judicial Studies Center FRCP Amendments
Ray, B. E. (Participant)
2016 → 2018Activity: Other › Professional Service
-
-
Dismemberment or Amendment?: Richard Albert, Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking and Changing Constitutions
Ray, B. E., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: American Society of Comparative Law.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
-
Review: Richard Albert, Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking and Changing Constitutions
Ray, B. E., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: American Society of Comparative Law.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
-
Promoting Better Cybersecurity: An Analysis of the Ohio Data Protection Act
Ray, B. E. & Hirsch, D., 2019Research output: Other contribution
-
Sedona Conference White Paper on Privilege and Work Product Protection in Data Breach Litigation
Ray, B. E., Meal, D., Vibbert, J. & Cohen, D., 2019, In: Sedona Conference. 45 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
-
The Sedona Conference Commentary and Principles on Jurisdictional Conflicts over Transfers of Personal Data Across Borders, Public Comment Version
Ray, B. E. & Matus, et al., W., 2019, In: Sedona Conference.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Projects
- 5 Finished
-
Smart Cities, Surveillance & Privacy
Ray, B. E. (PI), Zingale, N. C. (CoPI), Witmer-Rich, J. P. (CoPI) & Mead, J. W. (CoPI)
09/1/19 → 12/31/20
Project: Research
-
-
IoT Collaborative
Ray, B. E. (Other), Nigamanth Sridhar, N. (Other), Zingale, N. C. (Other), Ward, B. (Other) & Sawicki, J. T. (CoPI)
01/8/18 → 12/31/18
Project: Research
-
Cleveland Foundation Digital Excellence grant for NEO IoT Collaborative
Ray, B. E. (CoPI)
02/1/17 → 05/12/17
Project: Research
-