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.

Jeffrey Dodge ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE ACCEPTS OFFER FROM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE TO PUBLISH ARTICLE

April 2025 — Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge’s new article “Weaponizing Religion Against the Human Emotion of Empathy: A Call to Fight Coercive Settlement Attempts on the Merits” will be published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change in early 2026. Full story

Associate Deans Dodge and Sanders 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

Logo 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

Jeffrey Dodge ASSOCIATE DEAN JEFFREY DODGE TO PARTICIPATE IN ACCESSLEX’S SPRING SYNC

April 2025 — On Wednesday, May 14 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge will participate in AccessLex’s Spring Sync. Full story

Jeffrey Dodge ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE PRESENTS AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM

April 2025 — On Thursday, March 20, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge presented his article “The Unfulfilled Promise of Obergefell for Children of LGBTQ+ Parents: Advancing Nondiscrimination Laws for Familial Association” at Northern Kentucky Law Review’s symposium “Obergefell v. Hodges: 10 Years Later.” Full story

AALS 14 PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOLARS PRESENT AT 2025 AALS ANNUAL MEETING

January 2025 — A large contingent of Penn State Dickinson Law faculty shared their insights and expertise at the 2025 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting held in San Francisco on January 7-11. Full story

Jeffrey Dodge ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE ATTENDS FAMILY LAW SCHOLARS AND TEACHERS CONFERENCE

June 2024 — Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge recently attended the Family Law Scholars and Teachers Conference hosted at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Full story

Jeff Dodge and TaWanda Stallworth ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE AND ADI PROGRAM MANAGER STALLWORTH PRESENT TO LEADERSHIP HARRISBURG AREA

March 2024 — Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Assistant Professor of Law, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, and TaWanda Hunter Stallworth, Antiracist Development Institute Program Manager, presented to the Executive Leadership Series (ELS) of Leadership Harrisburg Area. Full story

Jeffrey Dodge ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE INVITED TO SPEAK AT APRIL MEETING OF LAW SCHOOL DIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS

March 2024 — Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge has been invited to speak at the Annual Meeting of Law School Diversity Professionals (AMDiP). Full story

Jeffrey Dodge ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE TO PRESENT AT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY SYMPOSIUM

March 2024 — Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge has been asked to speak at the Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity at Touro Law Center on “The Promise of Educational Equity.” Full story