About the Dean

Dr. Daniel E. Hall began his tenure as Executive Director of Miami Hamilton and Professor of Political Science in July 2003. On January 1, 2006, the title "Executive Director" was changed to Dean. Prior to assuming his duties at Miami University, Dr. Hall was chairperson and associate professor of the Department of Criminal Justice at The University of Toledo. Between 1993 and 2001, he was a member of the faculty of the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, honors director, and during his last year, interim associate chief executive officer of academic planning, at the Brevard Campus of the University of Central Florida.

Dr. Hall has been the recipient of several teaching awards and is the author or coauthor of 11 books and numerous articles. His areas of inquiry are United State public law and the law of the pacific islands. An attorney, he has clerked for both a United States district court judge and the Supreme Court of Federated States of Micronesia, served as assistant attorney general of Federated States of Micronesia, and he has practiced generally in Topeka, Kansas.

Dr. Hall earned his undergraduate degree from Indiana University, law degree from Washburn University, and his doctorate from University of Central Florida. He is married to Stacey Lynn Hall, a graduate of University of Southern Indiana. They live in Ross, Ohio with their daughters, Grace and Eva, and Atticus, their Golden Retriever.

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