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.

2024 National Security Conference PROFESSOR AMY C. GAUDION PRESENTED AT WILLIAM & MARY’S 2024 NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE

March 2024 — Professor Amy C. Gaudion presented at the 2024 National Security Conference held on March 22, 2024 at William & Mary. Full story

Amy C. Gaudion PROFESSOR AMY C. GAUDION TO PRESENT AT WILLIAM & MARY’S 2024 NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE

March 2024 — Professor Amy C. Gaudion will be presenting her current project on violent extremism in the U.S. military at William & Mary’s 2024 National Security Conference to be held on March 22, 2024. (Register online.) This year’s conference, organized by William & Mary’s Whole of Government Center of Excellence and its campus partners, will bring together scholars, government practitioners, and military leaders to address “Data & Democracy, AI, Cyber Defense, & National Security.” Full story

Amy C. Gaudion PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION TO BE CO-AUTHOR IN FORTHCOMING EDITION OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW TEXTBOOK

January 2024 — Professor Amy C. Gaudion will join Geoffrey S. Corn, Jimmy Gurulé, Jeffrey D. Kahn, and Gary Corn as a co-author of the third edition of National Security Law & the Constitution, to be published by Aspen in 2024. Full story

AALS Meeting NINE PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOLARS PRESENT AT 2024 AALS ANNUAL MEETING

January 2024 — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2024 Annual Meeting featured nine Penn State Dickinson Law scholars who served as panelists, moderators, and speakers. Full story

Amy C. Gaudion PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION’S ARTICLE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY (VJOLT)

December 2023 — Professor Amy C. Gaudion’s article, “Auditing the U.S. Government’s Vulnerabilities Stockpile,” was accepted for publication in the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology and will be published in spring 2024. Full story

Amy C. Gaudion PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION ORGANIZES WORKSHOP ON TEACHING NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

November 2023 — In her role as chair of the AALS Section on National Security Law, Professor Amy C. Gaudion organized a Workshop on Teaching National Security Law which was held in November 2023. The workshop brought together a variety of legal educators to identify the difficulties and challenges involved when teaching national security law and related topics, and then to share pedagogical tools, analytical frameworks, and skills designed to support and equip national security law teachers as they navigate and explore these important topics with their students. Full story

Amy Gaudion PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION ORGANIZES NATIONAL SECURITY LAW WORKSHOP

November 2023 — In her role as Chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on National Security Law, Professor Amy C. Gaudion recently facilitated a workshop she organized on “Teaching National Security Law.” Full story

Sign PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL SECURITY SIMULATION

November 2023 — In early November, Professor Amy C. Gaudion and eight Penn State Dickinson Law students traveled to Ohio State University to participate in the OSU National Security Simulation, sponsored by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and led by Professor Dakota S. Rudesill of OSU’s Moritz College of Law. Full story

Amy C. Gaudion PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION CONTRIBUTES CHAPTER TO HOMELAND SECURITY TEXTBOOK

November 2023 — Professor Amy C. Gaudion has contributed a chapter to the third edition of Foundations of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Law and Policy (Martin J. Alperen ed., 3d ed. forthcoming 2023) (Wiley). Full story

Amy C. Gaudion PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION PARTICIPATES IN PROGRAM CONSIDERING HOW RACE MANIFESTS IN NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

October 2023 — In her role as chair of the AALS Section on National Security Law, Professor Amy C. Gaudion participated in a program on How Does Race Manifest in National Security held in October 2023. Full story