Faculty Impact
Our faculty is engaged in a constant quest for knowledge and wisdom it can share with our students as well as with the legal profession, scholars, policy makers, and others, consistent with Penn State’s role as a world-class research university.
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PROFESSOR SARAH WILLIAMS COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE INSIDER TRADING DURING TARIFF TUMULT April 2025 — Professor Sarah Williams responded to inquiries from the fact checking organization, PolitiFact about allegations of improper trading that followed significant stock market reactions earlier this month to news about the imposition of trading tariffs. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEANS DODGE AND SANDERS SERVE AS FACULTY FOR CRITICAL LEGAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY April 2024 — On Friday, February 14, Associate Deans Jeffrey A. Dodge and Shaakirrah R. Sanders served as faculty for the inaugural Critical Legal Leadership Academy. Full story |
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PROFESSOR ANDREA MARTIN PUBLISHES NEW ARTICLE IN BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW ONLINE April 2025 — Professor Andrea Martin’s article, “Rejecting the Racialization of Indianness,” has been published in Boston University Law Review Online. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM DISCUSSES CREDIT CARD FRAUD WITH WALLETHUB April 2025 — April 2025 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim was featured in WalletHub’s recent article “Credit Card Fraud Guide.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR ANDREA MARTIN GUEST LECTURES ON INDIAN LAW AND POLICY AT DICKINSON COLLEGE April 2025 — Professor Andrea Martin was invited to serve as a guest lecturer in an Indian Law & Policy course taught by Professor John Truden, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Native American and Indigenous Studies at Dickinson College. Her presentation centered on themes from her article, “Rejecting the Racialization of Indianness,” forthcoming in Boston University Law Review Online. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM ON THE LEGAL AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF REPEALING SECTION 230 April 2025 — In a recent op-ed in The Conversation, Associate Dean Daryl Lim examined the far-reaching consequences of repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the foundational law often credited with building the modern internet. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN OF INNOVATION ANDREA MATWYSHYN PRESENTED HER NEW ARTICLE "EXPLOIT MACHINA" AT UVA LAW April 2025 — April 2025 — Professor of Law and Engineering Policy/Associate Dean of Innovation Andrea Matwyshyn recently presented her new article “Exploit Machina” at UVA Law as part of the UVA LawTech Center speaker series. Full story |
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AI CHATBOTS MIRROR HUMAN BIASES, WARNS PENN STATE’S DARYL LIM IN INTERVIEW April 2025 — In his interview with The Debrief, Associate Dean Daryl Lim weighed in on groundbreaking research that reveals how popular AI chatbots like ChatGPT increasingly mimic human reasoning and bias. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN JEFFREY DODGE TO PARTICIPATE IN INTEGRATING DOCTRINE AND DIVERSITY SPEAKER SERIES PROGRAM April 2025 — On Wednesday, April 9, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge will participate in the Integrating Doctrine and Diversity Speaker Series program titled “Executive Power in the Classroom: Addressing Project 2025 and Executive Orders in the Law School Curriculum.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR DARYL LIM SPEAKS ON ARTISTS’ RIGHTS AND GLOBAL AI REGULATION AT FORDHAM LAW’S DECENNIAL FELLOWS ROUNDTABLE April 2025 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim was invited to speak to Fordham University School of Law’s Decennial Fellows as part of their Spring 2025 Roundtable Series. Full story |