Associate Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law
Columbia, South Carolina
Marie Boyd is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Her research focuses on the regulation of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Her current work examines the relationship between FDA regulation and state tort law, focusing on how these areas of law impact women and people of color. Her prior work explores topics including the relationship between law and culture in the context of the regulation of insects as human food and the regulation of food allergens. Her scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in the Boston University Law Review, the Cardozo Law Review, the Yale Journal of Law & Feminism, and the Yale Law & Policy Review, among other journals. She teaches Food and Drug Law, Food Law and Policy, Administrative Law, and Torts. Professor Boyd is a past chair of the Agricultural and Food Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools and the Editorial Advisory Board for the Food and Drug Law Journal. She was a member of the inaugural City of Columbia Food Policy Committee. She has also served on the boards of South Carolina Humanities, the Palmetto Health Foundation, and the South Carolina HIV/ AIDS Council.
Before joining the University of South Carolina School of Law, Professor Boyd practiced law with Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC. At Covington, she advised companies on the federal and state regulation of drugs, biologics, devices, and foods. She also advised and represented low-income DC residents through the Neighborhood Legal Services Program. Professor Boyd earned an A.B. in Chemistry from Harvard University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, she lives in Columbia, South Carolina.