Anne Geraghty-Rathert

Anne Geraghty-Rathert serves as a Professor in the Department of Law, Crime and Social Justice at Webster University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences in St. Louis, Missouri. She concurrently holds a position on the Executive Committee and teaches within the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program, demonstrating deep institutional integration across multiple academic units.

Her educational foundation includes:

• BA in Political Science from St. Louis University (1985)
• JD from St. Louis University School of Law (1992)

Professor Geraghty-Rathert's research centers on systemic legal failures affecting marginalized women, with particular emphasis on wrongful convictions, clemency mechanisms, and the cyclical relationship between domestic violence and female incarceration. Her scholarship critically examines how legal frameworks perpetuate gender-based injustices, especially within prison systems, while advocating for structural reforms through empirical analysis of high-impact cases. This work bridges theoretical legal studies with urgent real-world applications in criminal justice reform.

Though formal student advising details remain unspecified in available materials, her professional activities reveal robust practical engagement: she directs The WILLOW Project, providing legal representation for wrongfully convicted women serving lengthy sentences, while maintaining an active private practice specializing in protective orders, commutation petitions, and clemency advocacy. This dual academic-practitioner role generates significant community impact beyond traditional research outputs.

The WILLOW Project constitutes her primary institutional initiative, functioning as both a legal clinic and research hub where wrongful conviction cases inform broader scholarly analyses of gender bias in criminal proceedings. This initiative exemplifies her commitment to translating academic expertise into tangible justice outcomes for incarcerated women.