Faculty Profile for Dr. Jeffrey Allen Todd

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Dr. Jeffrey Allen Todd
Associate Professor — Finance & Economics
MCOY 504
phone: (512) 245-2462
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Prof. Todd earned his J.D. with honors from the University of Texas and a Ph.D. in English from Texas A&M University, where he was a Lechner Fellow. Prior to academia, he practiced transnational environmental and tort litigation at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP after clerking at the Supreme Court of Texas.

Teaching Interests

 Business law, international law and transnational litigation, IP & technology law, sustainable development law

Research Interests

 Interdisciplinary approaches to transnational litigation, complex litigation, tort law, and environmental justice.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Todd, J. (2025). The Economic Rhetoric of Carbon Pricing. Brooklyn Law Review, 90, 421–471. Retrieved from https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/blr/vol90/iss2/2/
  • Todd, J. (n.d.). The Welfare Economics of Carbon Border Adjustments. Texas International Law Journal, 60.
  • Todd, J. (2024). Carbon Pricing for a Just Transition. University of Colorado Law Review, 95, 653–708. Retrieved from https://lawreview.colorado.edu/print/volume-95/carbon-pricing-for-a-just-transition-jeff-todd/
  • El Jourbagy, J., Marek, E., & Todd, J. (n.d.). Preventing Disaster Through Corporate-Community Agreements. Oregon Law Review, 103.
  • Todd, J. (2023). Climate Cap and Trade and Pollution Hot Spots: An Economics Perspective. Georgia State University Law Review, 39(4), 1003–1031. Retrieved from https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3214&context=gsulr

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. August 18, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Nancy Kubasek Award for Best Paper on Environmental Law and Sustainability, Academy of Legal Studies in Business. July 31, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. August 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Order of the Coif, University of Texas School of Law. May 2006
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Nancy Kubasek Award for Best Paper on Environmental Law & Sustainability, Academy of Legal Studies in Business. August 9, 2024

Selected Grants

  • Todd, Jeff. Legal Rhetoric in the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments, Florida Coastal School of Law, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8500. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Todd, Jeff (Principal). Rhetoric, Sustainability, and ESG Regulation, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: September 2023, Funded: July 2024 - August 2024). Grant.
  • Todd, Jeff. Economics, Evidence, and Environmental Justice: A Sustainability Framework, Dean's Summer Research Stipend, Other, $8000. (Submitted: December 1, 2021, Funded: June 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022). Grant.
  • Todd, Jeff. Assumptions Underlying Economic Models: A Law & Economics Comparative Analysis, Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 17, 2016, Funded: June 1, 2017 - September 1, 2017). Grant.
  • Todd, Jeff (Principal). Environmental Justice, Environmental Rhetoric, Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $7075. (Submitted: October 6, 2014, Funded: January 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
College Missions Committee, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
January 2025-Present
Chair
Business Law Curriculum Committee
September 2024-Present
Chair
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
February 2023-May 2025
Chair
Business Law Faculty Search Committee
June 1, 2021-February 1, 2022
Pro Bono Attorney
Grace Church of North County
October 2007-August 2008