PROFESSOR DONELSON RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOP ON DRUG SENTENCING
June 2021 — Professor Raff Donelson served as a commentator at the Understanding Drug Sentencing Workshop co-hosted by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center of the Ohio State University and the Academy for Justice of Arizona State University.
Professor Donelson, an expert on theories of punishment, provided commentary on Professor Jalila Jefferson-Bullock’s forthcoming article, “Returning to Retribution: A More Dignified Approach to Drug Sentencing.”
Professor Raff Donelson is an Associate Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law who earned his J.D. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern University. Professor Donelson’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of philosophy, constitutional law, and criminal law. His more theoretical research interests include metaethics and general jurisprudence, while his doctrinal work focuses on constitutional protections for criminals and the accused. His scholarship includes contributions to books published by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, as well as articles in U.S. and foreign law reviews and in philosophy journals such as Metaphilosophy. He has been an invited speaker at numerous legal and philosophy conferences and has addressed both U.S. and foreign academic audiences. His work is featured in Legal-Phi, which is an online venue that profiles the work of rising stars in the field of legal philosophy.