Andrea J. Martin is an Assistant Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law and co-founder of the Center for Jewish Legal Studies. Her work focuses on developing legal frameworks to address contemporary antisemitism, including antizionism and other forms of Jew-hatred, through legal scholarship, policy engagement, and institutional collaboration.
Professor Martin’s research sits at the intersection of constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and the study of historical and contemporary antisemitism. Working within the emerging field of Jewish Legal Studies, she examines how legal institutions can more effectively respond to antisemitism and protect civil rights. Her scholarship also advances policy-oriented strategies designed to influence governmental, legal, and institutional approaches to combating antisemitism. She also collaborates with governmental and non-governmental organizations to advance legal protections against antisemitism and promote Jewish civil rights globally.
Her scholarship has appeared in leading journals, including the Yale Law & Policy Review, Brooklyn Law Review, Boston University Law Review Online, and Pepperdine Law Review. She has presented her work at numerous academic institutions and organizations, including the Brandeis Center for Human Rights, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Dean School of Law, and Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law.
Professor Martin serves as a Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (LCSCA), a member of the Law Faculty Consultation Committee advising the Claims Conference’s Holocaust, Antisemitism and the Law (HALL) Center, and a Board Member of Penn State Hillel. Before entering academia, she served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in Rhode Island’s Appellate Division and spent twelve years as a strategic legal advisor in the corporate sector.
Andrea is a recipient of the 2026 ISGAP Faculty Fellowship Training Program: Combatting Holocaust Distortion and Global Antisemitism.