Dr. Karen Alicia Shaw teaches in the following areas: health law, health literacy and law, legal writing (health law focused), international development law and policy research, and socio-legal studies. More so, she currently serves as a subject matter expert for the Health Literacy Solutions Center at the Institute for Health Care Advancement.
In addition, Dr. Shaw oversees and facilitates a broad range of projects regarding the law school’s academic and administrative goals, initiatives, and policies. She also manages all law school accreditation matters regarding the American Bar Association and other external bodies.
Dr. Shaw holds a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) degree in Health Law and Policy from Loyola, where her dissertation employed a systemic content analysis of Medicaid class actions through the lens of cooperative federalism and institutional reform litigation to devise a framework for defining “reasonably prompt” health care services for children. She also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Health Law from Loyola; a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where she served as an associate editor for the Journal of Law and Commerce; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies with minors in Professional Writing and Business Administration from DePaul University.