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About Amy C. Gaudion

Amy C. Gaudion is the associate dean for academic affairs and professor of lawyering skills at Penn State’s Dickinson Law. Her scholarship focuses on national security law, cyberspace, and civilian-military relations. She leads the law school’s national security programs. Gaudion established and leads an annual cyberspace working group simulation in collaboration with the U.S. Army War College (USAWC). She is the author of Defending Your Country . . . and Gender – Legal Challenges and Opportunities Confronting Women in the Military, in Women, Law and Culture: Conformity, Contradiction and Conflict (Jocelynne A. Scutt ed., 2016) (Palgrave Macmillan). In addition to scholarly journals, her work has appeared in The New York Times and The Daily Beast. Gaudion has served on and moderated numerous panels examining the impact of technology on the legal frameworks governing national security and intelligence, including Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: Equifax, the VEP, and CISA; iPhone vs. the FBI: Government Surveillance in the Post-Snowden Era; The Constitutionality and Consequences of America’s Use of Drones and the NSA Spying Program; and After Bin Laden: Stuxnet, Drones and the New Middle East. She has appeared on WITF’s Smart Talk and WHYY’s Radio Times. She served as a legal advisor to World on Trial, a public television and multimedia project that aims to elevate public awareness of important human rights issues and the international treaties that govern state conduct. Gaudion teaches courses in national security law, cybersecurity law and policy, and constitutional law. She earned a J.D. from the Villanova University School of Law, earning summa cum laude and Order of the Coif honors, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia, graduating with distinction.

Positions

Present Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law
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Courses

  • National Security Law
  • Cybersecurity Law & Policy Seminar
  • Constitutional Law I


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