Ann Tweedy, JD

Professor of Law

Ann E. Tweedy joined the faculty at the University of Mississippi School of Law in August 2026. Prior to that, she was a Professor of Law at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law (USD), where she founded the Indian Law Certificate Program. Professor Tweedy is a nationally recognized scholar on Tribal civil rights law, Tribal jurisdiction, and bisexuality and the law. She is interested in the ways that gender intersects with all of these subject areas and has written about gender and sexuality on its own and in conjunction with Tribal law. Her research frequently relies on legal history and law and social science methodologies. She previously represented Indian Tribes, most recently as an in-house attorney for Muckleshoot Tribe, and she also previously served as an Associate Professor at Hamline University School of Law (now Mitchell-Hamline). In addition to teaching, Professor Tweedy also serves as an Associate Judge for the Suquamish Court of Appeals and as an Associate Justice for Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Court of Appeals. Additionally, she is an award-winning poet, with her first full-length book having earned a Bisexual Book Award. After law school, Ann clerked for Hon. Ronald M. Gould of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Hon. Rex Armstrong (retired) of the Oregon Court of Appeals. She holds a J.D. from University of California Berkeley School of Law, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Hamline University, and an A.B. from Bryn Mawr College.

Gender Studies -Related Research Interests: Bisexuality and the law; Native American women and the law; sexuality and law; feminist theory