She is internationally recognized for her expertise in the areas of information privacy, media law, torts, and higher education law. In 2013, she was awarded the Felix Frankfurter Award for Distinguished Teaching, Tulane University Law School’s highest teaching honor. She has chaired the Association of American Law Schools’ Sections on Mass Communication and Defamation and Privacy. Professor Gajda also led the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Law and Policy Division. Prior to pursuing her law degree, Professor Gajda worked as an award-winning television journalist and news anchor.