
Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:

Assistant Professor Meighan Parker participated in the “Navigating Telehealth’s Crossroads: Access, Quality, and the Push for Parity” panel discussion during the 48th Annual Health Law Professors Conference held at Boston University in June.

UGA Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & Kirbo Chair Elizabeth Weeks presented “Healthism and Invisible Conditions” as part of the “Health Discrimination & Civil Rights” panel during the 48th Annual Health Law Professors Conference held at Boston University in June.

Post Professor Pamela Foohey presented her forthcoming co-authored book Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025) as part of the “New Books in Health Law & Reproductive Justice” panel during the 48th Annual Health Law Professors Conference in June.

Assistant Professor Assaf Harpaz was featured in Newsweek regarding states that waive property taxes for senior citizens. The article titled “Map Shows States Exempting Elderly People From Paying Property Taxes” was written by Giulia Carbonaro and published 6/2/25.

Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented as part of a panel titled “The Future of Press Freedom” at the Democracy, Law, and Independent Journalism conference held at the University of Oxford in June.