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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DEAN CONWAY TO SPEAK AT J. SHERWOOD McGINNIS, JR. WAR, PEACE AND JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM February 2022 — Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, will participate in a panel discussion on “Transforming Conflict: Rethinking War, Peace, and Justice” as part of the J. Sherwood McGinnis Jr. War, Peace and Justice Symposium. The program will be held on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Dickinson College, Carlisle and is free and open to the public. This discussion is part of the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, an ongoing panel discussion series hosted by Dickinson College. Read more |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS AGREES TO SERVE AS EXPERT PANELIST AT MARCH 2022 RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE ON CAPITALISM & THE RULE OF LAW February 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an invitation to serve as a discussant at the March 2022 Research Roundtable on Capitalism & the Rule of Law, sponsored by the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS PUBLISHES ARTICLE EXAMINING THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC COMPANY AUDIT FIRMS February 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams recently authored the first in a series of planned articles exploring the successful formula for effective auditor oversight. Her article, titled “The Alchemy of Effective Auditor Oversight,” evaluates the verification process through which accounting firms are approved to audit public companies. Full story |
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PROFESSOR GAUDION PRESENTED AT 2022 AALS ANNUAL MEETING ON “THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION: DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS” January 2022 — Professor Amy C. Gaudion presented with Darin Johnson, Associate Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law, Sandra Hodgkinson, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Leonardo DRS, and Liam O’Melinn, Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law on the topic of “The January 6 Insurrection: Domestic Terrorism and National Security Issues” at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) on January 6, 2022. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF TO PRESENT AT SYMPOSIUM ON HEALTH LAW AND ANTI-RACISM February 2022 — On March 30, 2022, Professor Medha Makhlouf will present her paper on the role of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) in advancing racial justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Research presented at the symposium, titled “Health Law and Anti-Racism: Reckoning and Response,” will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics in spring 2022. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE’S ARTICLE WAS SELECTED AS THE TOP 10 MUST-READS 2022 BY THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW January 2022 — Professor Sara Gerke co-authored a piece, namely “When Machine Learning Goes Off the Rails,” in the Harvard Business Review. This piece was now selected as the top 10 must-reads 2022 by the Harvard Business Review. Full story |
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DICKINSON LAW SCHOLARS PRESENT AT 2022 AALS ANNUAL MEETING January 2022 — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) held their 2022 Annual Meeting on Freedom, Equality, and the Common Good from January 5-9. This virtual event provided participants with an opportunity to discuss how our legal system should deal with the realities of a post-pandemic world and explored how crafting a common understanding of what freedom means in a democratic society can be very complicated, particularly in the face of a crisis. Read more |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE PARTICIPATES IN THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’S “MAKING THE ROUNDS” PODCAST SERIES January 2022 — Professor Sara Gerke participates in the American Medical Association’s “Making the Rounds” podcast series. In this episode, called “Exploring the Ethics of Algorithmic Bias in Artificial Intelligence,” Professor Gerke talks about the ethical and legal challenges of AI in health care. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE RECEIVES COMMENDATION FOR COMPLETING ACT@PSU January 2022 — Professor Samantha J. Prince has received commendation from Penn State University for creating free open-source materials for her Entrepreneurship Law: Company Creation course through a grant received from the Affordable Course Transformation at Penn State (ACT@PSU ) program. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE SPEAKS AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH’S DIVISION OF AIDS SEMINAR January 2022 — Professor Sara Gerke was invited as one of three panel speakers in the seminar panel, “Data Sharing and Data Privacy in the Age of GDPR: Current Challenges and Potential Solutions for Moving Our Clinical Research Forward.” This seminar was organized by the Division of AIDS of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Full story |