Joan Mahoney
Professor of Law
EDUCATION:
A.B., A.M., University of Chicago
J.D., Wayne State University
Ph.D., Cambridge University
COURSES TAUGHT:
English Legal History
Constitutional Law I
PROFILE:
Joan Mahoney joined the Wayne State University Law School as dean in the fall of 1998. Before coming to Wayne State she was on the faculty of Western New England College of Law, serving as its dean from 1994-96, and spent 14 years on the law faculty of the University of Missouri/Kansas City from 1980-94. She has taught Constitutional Law, Legal History, Federal Courts, Conflict of Laws and Family Law. After law school she practiced with a Detroit law firm, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, and worked in legal services in New York before beginning her teaching career. Dean Mahoney has published numerous articles and book chapters on topics relating to constitutional law, legal history, comparative civil liberties, and bioethics. Her current scholarly interests include reproductive technology and children's rights.
