Two Toledo Law Faculty Members Recognized with Promotion
黑料网 Board of Trustees approved 53 faculty members for promotion and tenure at its April meeting.
鈥淭he dedication and expertise of our faculty are the true cornerstones of The University of Toledo鈥檚 mission,鈥� said Dr. Mitchell S. McKinney, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. 鈥淭his year鈥檚 exceptional group of 53 newly tenured and promoted faculty members exemplifies the highest standards of higher education. Their unwavering commitment to innovative research, dynamic classroom teaching, and impactful clinical and community service elevates our entire institution and profoundly shapes the success of our students.鈥�
Amongst those recognized with promotion to associate professor were two Toledo Law faculty, Deborah Machalow and Glenys Spence.
Deborah Machalow
Associate Professor of Law
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Deborah Machalow听teaches Civil Procedure: Pleading and Practice; Civil Procedure:听Jurisdiction; and Insurance Law. Her scholarship focuses on reproductive听rights/justice听and democracy. 鈥疘n 2026, she presented her scholarship at the Eastern Sociological Society鈥檚 Annual Conference鈥檚 Mini Conference on Reproduction, Touro Law Center鈥檚 Symposium, Michigan State University College of Law鈥檚 Democracy and听Public Law听Works-in-Progress Conference, and鈥�the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics鈥� Health Law Professors Conference.鈥�听During the 2025鈥�2026 academic year, she also presented locally to the League of Women Voters of Toledo-Lucas County鈥�(with Professor Knouse).
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Her most recent scholarship, was published in the "Journal of Race, Gender & Ethnicity" in 2026.
Glenys Spence
Associate Professor of Law
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Glenys Spence was published in the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review in the spring, "Cyber Letters of Marque: Addressing the Geopolitical Risks of Private Cyber Warfare鈥擫essons from History and International Law." She presented her paper, Governance in the Abyss: Incomplete Contracts and the Regulatory Crisis in Deep-Sea Mining, at the Washington & Lee Working Group on International Contracting and the Theory of the Firm Roundtable in May in Lexington, VA. She was honored with the Beth Eisler First-Year Teaching Award.