Donald Hermann

College of LawProfessor of Law & PhilosophyFacultyFull Time
DegreesJD, Columbia University; LLM, Harvard University; MA & PhD, Northwestern University; MAAH, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MLA, University of Chicago; MA, Catholic Theological Union; AB Stanford University
Contact
dhermann@depaul.edu(312) 362-8383
Office
735 O'Malley Place

BIO

Professor Hermann served as a United States Supreme Court Judicial Fellow during Chief Justice Burger's term; was appointed a Law & Humanities Fellow at Harvard University; and was a Law & Economics Fellow at the University of Chicago. He completed his doctoral studies in Philosophy at Northwestern University and postdoctoral study in art history, theory and criticism at the School of the Art Institute. Professor Hermann inaugurated the DePaul Law Health Law Institute in 1985, and his research focuses on health law, AIDS law, law and popular culture, and sexual orientation and the law.

Courses Taught 

  • Law & Popular Culture Seminar
  • Legal Aspects of AIDS
  • Legal Aspects of Medical Ethics
  • Medical Ethics & the Law
  • Sexual Orientation & the Law​