Kris Erickson has been teaching in higher education since 2003. He earned his doctorate from the University of Washington in 2008. Kris is currently Lecturer in Media Regulation at the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Bournemouth University, UK. His research is focused on digital media, specifically the ways in which state policy, commercial interests and citizen initiatives intersect in the regulation of new media spaces. His doctoral research consisted of an ethnographic study of computer hackers in the Pacific Northwest and produced a number of publications on the topics of computer security, privacy and countercultural uses of digital networks.

His current research is focused on the role of search engines in shaping the way that online journalists write and present their content.

Kris works in conjunction with the Business School at Bournemouth University to develop media-related courses in the MBA program. He also leads a course on Intellectual Property at the European Television and Media Management Academy in Strasbourg, France.