VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW ANGELA R. DEAN TO PRESENT PAPER AT 2025 AALS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Angela R. DeanSeptember 2024 — Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Angela R. Dean has accepted an invitation from the Employee Benefits Law Section to present her paper, “The American Hustle,” during the AALS 2025 Annual Conference in San Francisco.

Professor Dean’s presentation is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 from 12:50 to 2:20 p.m. during the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation session on “Healthcare Benefits and Disability Insurance: Emerging Issues in Employer-Sponsored Plans.” This session will be co-sponsored by the Section on Insurance Law and the Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care.


Angela R. Dean joined Penn State Dickinson Law in the fall of 2024 as a visiting assistant professor. Dean previously held various in-house counsel roles with pension funds and health insurers and served as associate general counsel to the YMCA Retirement Fund, where she acted as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) subject matter expert responsible for inter-departmental project management, compliance issues, regulatory agency inquiries as well as benefit claims and appeals.