Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge quoted on the rights of transgender students

CARLISLE, Pa.—The Citizens' Voice sought Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge's expertise to contextualize policies under consideration by the Berwick Area Board of Education that would govern transgender students’ names and bathroom usage. The article, titled "Berwick policies reflect rightward shift in national trans-rights landscape" and available here, quotes Associate Dean Dodge throughout, capturing the complicated legal landscape and increasingly hostile climate for transgender students. The article was republished in The Scranton Times-Tribune.

Associate Dean Dodge's scholarship focuses on legal matters impacting LGBTQ+ families, broadly defined as those with parents or children who are members of the community. He regularly teaches on related topics in his “Family Law” and “Education Law” courses.

Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Assistant Professor of Law, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law, has spent nearly 20 years in legal education. Dean Dodge has broad experience overseeing law school and University-level offices of student services, international programs, admissions, academic success, career services, and more. He has taught and presented on topics in the fields of family law, education law, international human rights, and LGBTQ+ inequality. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of educational access and minoritized communities. Dean Dodge is past chair of the Association of American Law Schools Student Services, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and International Legal Exchange sections. He has served on the national diversity committee of the Law School Admissions Council, as an American Bar Association accreditation site evaluator, and as a three-time director of the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute.