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.

Race and Policing Panel PROFESSOR DONELSON RECENTLY SPOKE AT DICKINSON COLLEGE ABOUT RACE AND POLICING

September 2020 — Professor Raff Donelson participated in a session of the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, an ongoing panel discussion series, hosted by Dickinson College. This month’s conversation focused on race and policing. The panel discussion, livestreamed on YouTube, is available at this link. Full story

Raff Donelson PROFESSOR DONELSON INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN APRIL 2021 APA CONFERENCE ON POLICE SEARCHES

August 2020 — Professor Raff Donelson was invited to speak at the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Annual Meeting in April 2021. Donelson’s participation is part of a special symposium dedicated to the issue of Policing and Police. Donelson’s presentation will be “Privacy When You Least Expect It: On Police Searches and Expectations of Privacy.” Full story

Raff Donelson PROFESSOR DONELSON PUBLISHES NEW ARTICLE ON REPARATIONS

July 2020 – Professor Raff Donelson recently published in Philosophia an article on reparations for historic injustices such as American slavery or the European Holocaust. His article, entitled “Reparations, Responsibility, and Formalism – A Reply to Carnes,” is available at this link. Full story