Valentine Ugwuoke
Doctoral Student
PhD, Information Sciences, Illinois (in progress)
LLM, University of lllinois Urbana-Champaign
LLB, University of Nigeria
Research focus
AI policies, particularly the legal, regulatory, and ethical dimensions of deepfakes.
Courses currently teaching
Advisor
Publications & Papers
For a complete list of publications, please visit Valentine’s Google Scholar page.
Ugwuoke V., & Sanfilippo, M. R. (2025). The Current Landscape of Deepfake Legislation in the United States: Analysis of State-Level Responses. Journal of Information Policy, 15.
Raji, M., Wilder, D., Ugwuoke, V., & Bashir, M. (2024). An Assessment of the Enforcement Mechanisms in African Data Protection Laws. African Journal on Privacy & Data Protection, 2, 1–40.
Ugwuoke, V. (2016). Enforceability of Online Contracts in Nigeria and the Jurisdictional Question: Need for Regulatory Framework.
Conference Paper:
Raji, M., Ugwuoke, V., & Bashir, M. (2025). Deepfakes and Data Protection: Evaluating the Effectiveness of African Privacy Laws in the Age of AI. TPRC 2025: The 53rd Research Conference on Communication, Information & Internet Policy.