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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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 |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN GAUDION SPEAKS AT UTAH SYMPOSIUM ON LAW SCHOOL LOGISTICS IN THE COVID-19 WORLD July 2020 — Associate Dean Amy C. Gaudion joined educational leaders from around the country to discuss the challenges of providing legal education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The symposium, Law School Logistics in the COVID-19 World, was hosted by the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Full story |
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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 |
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EXTREME HOME TAKEOVERS: DEALING WITH THOSE CONCERNED RELATIVES June 2020 — Professor of Law Katherine Pearson is frequently called upon to share her knowledge of elder law. This summer, Professor Pearson presented virtually at the Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Third Annual Memorial Elder Abuse Symposium, which focused on the legal issues and impact of elder abuse and exploitation. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE PRESENTS HER RESEARCH AT NATIONAL BUSINESS LAW SCHOLARS CONFERENCE June 2020 — Professor Samantha Prince presented her current research on California’s controversial AB5 worker classification law to colleagues at the National Business Law Scholar Conference that was held via Zoom. Her presentation explained why classifying workers is important and discussed how California’s new law was created with the intention of covering more workers under the state’s wage and labor laws. Full story |
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TO STAUNCH THE PANDEMIC, WE MUST FIRST DIVEST POLICE OF THEIR IMMUNITY June 2020 — The American populace now finds itself under siege by two contagions—a global virus and an epidemic of killings of black citizens at the hands of police. For the former, herd immunity is an indispensable element of the cure. Tragically, for the latter, immunity is a nefarious spreader of the disease. Full story |
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VISITING PROFESSOR OF LAW BRINGS EXPERTISE IN BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTO ASSETS, INFORMATION PRIVACY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY June 2020 — Penn State Dickinson Law is pleased to welcome leading scholar Tonya M. Evans to its faculty roster as visiting professor of law for the 2020-21 academic year. Evans will teach Administrative Law; Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Law; Entertainment Law; and Information Privacy Law. |
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A MESSAGE TO THE PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW COMMUNITY FROM DEAN AND DONALD J. FARAGE PROFESSOR OF LAW DANIELLE M. CONWAY June 2020 — Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law Danielle M. Conway shared a following message with the Penn State Dickinson Law community on Sunday, May 31, 2020. Full story |
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PROFESSOR BADISSY JOINS ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB AS ADVISOR May 2020 — Professor Mohamed Rali Badissy recently was invited to join the nonprofit organization Energy for Growth Hub as an advisor on energy finance. The Energy for Growth Hub is comprised of scholars and advocates from leading universities, think tanks, and other organizations around the world, including Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Michigan, UC-Berkeley, Rice, Colorado School of Mines, and Chicago, the World Bank, and think tanks in Abuja, Accra, Bangkok, Cape Town, Jakarta, Nairobi, New Delhi, and Washington. Full story |
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DICKINSON LAW WELCOMES LEGAL SCHOLAR TO FACULTY May 2020 — Raff Donelson has been named assistant professor of law, Penn State Dickinson Law, effective June 1, 2020. Currently assistant professor of law and philosophy at Louisiana State University, Donelson will teach constitutional law, criminal procedure, and jurisprudence at Dickinson Law. |