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.

Samantha Prince PROFESSOR PRINCE PRESENTS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL’S CLE WEBINAR “WRITING & LITIGATION WORKSHOP”

March 2022 — Professor Samantha Prince presented at a live virtual CLE event titled “Writing & Litigation Workshop” given by The Office of General Counsel (“OGC”). Full story

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF SELECTED TO JOIN THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR HEALTH EQUITY PROGRAM

March 2022 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf was selected to join the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity (AFHE) Senior Fellows Advisory Board. The Board plays an important role in developing and informing AFHE program initiatives and building a vibrant community of Senior Fellows, all of whom have completed the fellowship program. Professor Makhlouf completed the program in 2020. Full story

Sarah Williams PROFESSOR WILLIAMS INVITED TO PRESENT RESEARCH AT WHARTON’S UPCOMING FINANCIAL REGULATION CONFERENCE

March 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an invitation to present her work-in-progress, Regulatory Personhood: The Elixir For Auditor Oversight Redundancy Between The SEC and The PCAOB, at the Wharton Financial Regulation Conference to be held on April 1, 2022. This article represents the second installment in a series by Professor Williams regarding the regulation of accountants responsible for auditing companies publicly traded in the United States. Full story

Tonya M. Evans PROFESSOR TONYA M. EVANS ANNOUNCES FORTHCOMING ARTICLES RELATED TO INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK

March 2022 — Professor Tonya M. Evans has announced two forthcoming articles related to her interdisciplinary work: “The Genesis of Creative Justice: Disintermediating Creativity,” 26 LEWIS & CLARK LAW REVIEW 3 (2022) and “De-Gentrified Black Genius: Blockchain, Copyright & the Disintermediation of Creativity,” 49 PEPPERDINE L. REV. 101 (2022). Full story

Tonya M. Evans PROFESSOR TONYA M. EVANS RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS CO-HIRE APPOINTMENT

March 2022 — Professor Tonya M. Evans has received a prestigious five-year co-hire appointment by the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences commencing on July 1, 2022. Full story

Sara Gerke PROFESSOR SARA GERKE CO-AUTHORS A NEW PIECE IN PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH

February 2022 — Professor Sara Gerke co-authors a new piece in PLOS Digital Health about questions of explainability for AI-based clinical decision support systems. Full story

Medha Makhlouf PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS

February 2022 — At a recent meeting of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) Board of Directors, Professor Medha D. Makhlouf was elected to join the organization’s Board of Directors. Full story

Sara Gerke PROFESSOR SARA GERKE CO-AUTHORS A NEW ARTICLE IN THE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS

February 2022 — Professor Sara Gerke co-authors a new article in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics about the safety and reliability concerns of AI-based applications in the health care system, especially for minorities and other disadvantaged groups. Full story

Samantha Prince PROFESSOR PRINCE IS AWARDED GRANT TO CREATE OPEN-SOURCE COURSE MATERIALS FOR HER ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAW: OPERATIONAL ISSUES COURSE

February 2022 — Professor Samantha Prince has been awarded a grant from the Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology Innovation and University Libraries to undertake an Affordable Course Transformation for her Entrepreneurship Law: Operational Issues course. Full story

Amy Gaudion PROFESSOR GAUDION’S STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN JOINT CYBERSPACE EXERCISE WITH THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE

February 2022 — Professor Amy Gaudion’s students recently participated in the 2022 Joint Cyberspace Law & Policy Simulation, an annual collaboration between Penn State Dickinson Law and the U.S. Army War College. In this simulation, now in its fifth year, teams of Dickinson Law and U.S. Army War College students work on interdisciplinary teams to resolve an international cyberspace dispute. Full story