Hannah Wiseman

Hannah Wiseman is a Professor of Law and a Professor and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Institutes of Energy and the Environment Co-funded Faculty Member at Penn State University.

Professor Wiseman teaches and writes in the areas of Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law, Land Use Regulation, Environmental Law, and Administrative Law. Her work focuses on the mechanics and design of regulation and governance in these areas, including the challenges of determining appropriate governance levels, fostering effective experimentation, and addressing expansions in the scale of regulated activities. Professor Wiseman also recently served as the director of a project on rural solar development for the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, and she co-authored the project report, Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Solar Development on Pennsylvania Farmland.

She has published articles in the NYU Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Duke Law Journal (co-authored), and Boston University Law Review, among others, and she is a co-author of the textbook Energy, Economics, and the Environment (Foundation Press) with Professors Joel Eisen (Member Scholar), Emily Hammond (Member Scholar), Jim Rossi, and David Spence. She is also a co-author of the book Energy Law (Foundation Press) with Professor Alexandra Klass (Member Scholar) and Hydraulic Fracturing: A Guide to Environmental and Real Property Issues (American Bar Association press) with Keith Hall.

Professor Wiseman received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, summa cum laude, and her law degree from Yale Law School, and she clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before joining the faculty at Penn State, Professor Wiseman was the Attorneys’ Title Professor at Florida State University College of Law, an Assistant Professor at the University of Tulsa School of Law, and an Emerging Fellow (Visiting Assistant Professor) at the University of Texas School of Law.