Allison M. Whelan is an assistant professor at Georgia State University College of Law. Her scholarship spans three distinct yet interconnected research areas: (1) reproductive rights, justice, equality, and the post-Dobbs landscape; (2) health law, privacy, and bioethics; and (3) administrative law, agency design, and executive power. These thematic areas are united by a common normative thread: How do law and legal institutions determine who exercises control over bodies, health decisions, and medical information, and whose interests those institutions ultimately serve. Professor Whelan’s work has been recognized by peers in the academy, as well as her colleagues at Georgia State. She was named a “Rising Star” by the Hastings Center in 2024, and she received Georgia State University College of Law’s Patricia T. Morgan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in May 2025. Her work is published or forthcoming with the Virginia Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, Iowa Law Review, George Washington Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, and the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, among many others. She is the co-author and co-editor of numerous book chapters, books, op-eds, and commentaries. Professor Whelan received her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. She also holds a Master of Arts in Bioethics from the University of Minnesota.
