Education
- M.S.I.S., University of Tennessee, 2014
- J.D., West Virginia University College of Law, 2011
- B.A., West Virginia University, 2008
Publications
Books
Articles & Essays
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Critical Legal Research and Contemporary Crises: Climate Change, COVID-19,
and the Mass Black Lives Matter Uprising, Unbound: Harv. J. Legal Left, forthcoming.
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Free Speech in the Balance: Judicial Sanctions and Frivolous SLAPP Suits
, Loyola Los Angeles L. Rev., forthcoming Vol. 54 (co-authored).
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Critical Explorations of Human Rights: Recent and Selected Works
, 38 Legal Reference Services Q. 115 (2019).
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De-Essentializing Appalachia: Transformative Socio-Legal Change Requires Unmasking
Regional Myths
, 120 W. Va. L. Rev. 823 (2018) (symposium) (co-authored).
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Mountain Resistance: Appalachian Civil Disobedience in Critical Legal Research
Modeled Law Reform
, 41 Environs: Envtl. L. & Pol'y J. 69 (2017)
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Following New Lights: Critical Legal Research Strategies as a Spark for Law
Reform in Appalachia
, 23 Am. U.J. Gender Soc. Pol’y & L. 573 (2015)
Other Publications
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Justice Kennedy’s Mixed Environmental Legacy Turns Tragic, (Oxford Human Rights Hub,
Sep. 2018)
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Legal Actions Against Mountain Valley Pipeline Underscore Grassroots Activism’s Importance,
(Oxford Human Rights Hub, Aug. 2018)
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U.N. Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment: A Catalyst for Grassroots-Centered
U.S. Reform? , (Oxford Human Rights Hub, Apr. 2018)
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Is a Healthy Environment a Human Right? Testing the Idea in Appalachia,
The Conversation (Jul., 2017); republished in Huffington Post (Jul. 2017)
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What the Trump Presidency Means for Gender Discourse Development
(Oxford Human Rights Hub, Mar. 2017) (co-authored)
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Environmental Human Rights in the Trump Era: Modes of Resistance and Reform
(Oxford Human Rights Hub, Jan. 2017)
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Food Deserts in Appalachia: A Socioeconomic Ill and Opportunities for Reform,
Oxford Human Rights Hub
(Oxford Human Rights Hub, Nov. 2016)
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Appalachia in Crisis: A Human Rights Approach to Environmental Justice in the
U.S.
(Oxford Human Rights Hub, Apr. 2016)
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The Future of Academic Law Librarianship
, Lib. J. (2015) (co-authored)
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Buckhannon’s Empire: An Essay on Nature, Gender, and Justice in West Virginia,
5 Shadowbox Mag. (2012)
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Tips for the First-Time Brief Writer in the U.S. Court of Appeals, 32
A.B.A. App. Prac. J. 14 (2012) (co-authored)
Selected Professional Presentations
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"Remaking Appalachia: Ecosocialism, Ecofeminism, and Law" Law and Society Conference,
May 2019, Washington, D.C.
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"Appalachia’s Water: Law and Environmental Justice," WVU Humanities Center Quality
of Life Series, Confluence: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Water, August 2018,
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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"Appalachia Reconstructed: Law, the Environment, and Systemic Regional Reform," Law
and Society Conference, June 2018, Toronto, Canada
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"Academic Law Libraries: Better Serving the State and Region," West Virginia Libraries
Association, November 2017, White Sulphur Springs, WV
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"Mountain Resistance: Appalachian Civil Disobedience in Critical Legal Research Modeled
Law Reform," Appalachian Studies Conference, February 2017, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA
- "Civil Disobedience in Critical Legal Research Modeled Law Reform," Boulder Conference
on Legal Information: Teaching and Scholarship, July 2016, Northwestern Pritzker
School of Law, Chicago, IL
- "Critical Legal Research Strategies for Appalachian Law Reform," Faculty Colloquium,
March 2016, West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, WV
