Overview
Doriane Coleman is Professor of Law at Duke Law School, where she specializes in interdisciplinary scholarship focused on women, sports, medicine, and law. Her work, single- and co-authored, has been published in numerous U.S. and international journals, and she is regularly cited in the press on issues related to her scholarship.
Her most recent work has centered on sex, its evolving definition, and the implications of this evolution for society and law. It includes a trade book, On Sex and Gender – A Commonsense Approach, law review articles including Sex Neutrality and Sex in Sport, and public commentary in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Quillette.
She also regularly consults with international sports governing bodies on their eligibility rules for the female competition category and participates in public programs that model healthy dialogue and disagreement.
At Duke, Coleman chairs the Athletic Council and is co-director of the Center for Sports Law and Policy; a member of the Advisory Council of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University; and a Faculty Associate of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at the School of Medicine.
Coleman received her Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown Law (1988), and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University (1982). Before law school, Coleman ran the 800 meters in collegiate and post collegiate international competition.
