Joyce Lee Malcolm
- Professor Emerita of Law
- PhD, Brandeis University
- MA, Brandeis University
- BA, Barnard College
Professional Information
- SSRN Author Profile Page
- Curriculum Vitae: CV in PDF format
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Area(s) of Expertise:
- British Constitutional and Criminal Law
- Constitutional Law
- Right to Self Defense
- Second Amendment
Contact Information
- Email: jmalcolm@gmu.edu
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Address
Antonin Scalia Law School
George Mason University
3301 Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA 22201
Biographical Sketch
Professor Emerita Joyce Lee Malcolm is an historian and constitutional scholar active in the area of constitutional history, focusing on the development of individual rights in Great Britain and America. She is the author of eight books, most recently The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life, May 2018. Professor Malcolm has written many books and articles on gun control, the Second Amendment, and individual rights. Her work was cited several times in the recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller.
Professor Malcolm has previously taught at Princeton University, Bentley College, Boston University, Northeastern University and Cambridge University. She was also a Senior Advisor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies Program, a Visiting Scholar at Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies, and is a Bye Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge University.
Her seventh book, Peter's War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution, was published by Yale University Press in 2009. "Magna Carta in America: Entrenched," a chapter authored by Professor Malcolm, appears in Magna Carta: The Foundation of Freedom 1215-2015 (Nicholas Vincent, Third Millennium Publishing). Her essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, USA Today, The Boston Globe and other newspapers.