Publications + Presentations

Mariana Carrera, assistant professor of economics, presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Summer Institute in Cambridge, Mass. The conference, held July 22-26, featured workshops on aging, social security and health care. Carerra and Sofia Villas-Boas of University of California…

Peter Gerhart, professor of law, recently published an article for the Case Western Reserve Law Review’s fracking symposium. The article, titled “Recognizing the Shared Ownership of Subsurface Resources,” was co-authored with alumnus Bobby Cheren. In addition, Gerhart recorded a podcast discussing…

As the federal government works to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as “Obamacare,” a Case Western Reserve University School of Law professor warned Congress the IRS may not be complying with the law’s provisions concerning tax credits. Professor…

Jessie Hill, associate dean for Faculty Development and Research, presented her paper, “Anatomy of the Reasonable Observer,” at the Annual Law and Religion Roundtable at Stanford University Law School in June. She also presented another paper, “The Unreasonable Critique of the Reasonable…

Martha Woodmansee, professor of English and law, recently presented her paper, titled "The Author Function in the Era of the Entertainment Franchise." Her presentation took place in late June at a Sage Handbook of Intellectual Property symposium, hosted by the University of Durham’s Institute of…

Robert W. Brown, Distinguished University Professor and Institute Professor in the Department of Physics, was invited as an "eminent foreign scholar" to visit Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, for the month of July. During his stay, Brown presented 18 lectures and seminars on the subject of…

Charles Korsmo, assistant professor of law, presented his paper titled “The Law and Economics of Merger Litigation: Do the Merits Matter in Shareholder Appraisal” at multiple conferences in the past few months. The conferences include: The Annual Conference of the American Law and Economics…

T. Kenny Fountain, assistant professor of English, had his article, "Preparing for the Future by Looking to the Past," published in the April issue of Intercom (the magazine of the Society for Technical Communication). His article was part of the magazine's 60th anniversary issue.

SAGES fellow Barbara Burgess-Van Aken edited and translated a book, Partenia, a Pastoral Play, by Barbara Torelli Benedetti. The bilingual edition was published by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies and Iter.

Tim Webster, assistant professor of law, gave talks on China's World Trade Organization compliance at various forums. He presented at faculty workshops at the University of Kansas, Wayne State University and Loyola University–Chicago, where he also debated professor (and WTO Appellate Body…