Assistant Professor of Law and Society, Director Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center

Year Joined RCNJ: 2019

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7687
• Email: dgurney@ramapo.edu
• Office: G227

Convening Group:

• Law and Society

Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center (IGG)

Education:

• Ph.D., philosophy – Arizona State University
• J.D. (cum laude) – University of Arizona
• Certificate in Genealogical Research – Boston University
• M.A., philosophy – Arizona State University
• B.A., philosophy – Bemidji State University
• B.S., physics – Bemidji State University

Credentials:

• Licensed attorney, Arizona and New Jersey

Teaching Interests:

• Investigative Genetic Genealogy Workshop
• Constitutional Law
• Wrongful Convictions
• Death Penalty
• Law, Justice, and Morality

Research Interests:

• Investigative genetic genealogy
• First Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• Wrongful convictions

Recent Publications:

• Gurney, David. “Investigative Genetic Genealogy and the First Amendment Right to Noninterference with Receipt.”  First Amendment Law Review 21 (2023) (forthcoming).
• Gurney, David, CeCe Moore, Margaret Press, Carol Rolnick, Andrew Hochretier, and Bonnie Bossert. “The Need for Standards and Certification for Investigative Genetic Genealogy, and a Notice of Action.” Forensic Science International 341, (2022): 111495.