Pamella A. Seay, J.D.

USC Law

Kendall College of Art & Design

Charlotte Regional Medical Center

Charlotte County Airport

Tsinghua University Law School

FGCU China Study Tour

Center for Assisted Living Innovations

The Florida Bar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In June 2001, she became Florida Bar Board Certified in International Law.  In the summer of 2001, Prof. Seay traveled to Morocco and Tunisia under the US Department of Education Fulbright Foundation "Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad."  Her experience there has resulted in the development of a new course at FGCU titled "Globalization and the Rule of Law."  This course is slated to be taught for the first time in 2002-03 Academic Year.

She serves as Chair of the Division of Justice Studies, which houses the Criminal Justice and Legal Studies programs at FGCU.  In addition to her administrative role, she also teaches courses including Comparative Justice, Courts and Legal Issues, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, and the university's longest-standing international study tour. Each May, she takes students to China to study the criminal justice system.

Prof. Seay is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law where she earned her JD, and was a member of Law Review. Since 1997, she has been a certified mediator and arbitrator in Florida and South Carolina. Her law practice includes international law and local government law. 

Prof. Seay earned her BFA in Graphic Design from the Kendall School of Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Prof. Seay has previously taught at the University of South Carolina, Edison Community College, Midlands Technical College, the Center for Creative Studies (Detroit), and the Kendall School of Design. 

Prof. Seay's involvement in the community extends far beyond the university setting. In 2000, she was elected to a second 4 year term on the Charlotte County Airport Authority.  She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Charlotte Regional Medical Center in Punta Gorda, and is a member of the board of the FGCU Center for Assisted Living Innovations (CALI).  She has served on the Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professional Ethics since 1998. 

Prof. Seay's book, Foreign Business in South Carolina: A Legal Overview won an award as one of the Ten Best Publications in South Carolina for 1992. She has published in the South Carolina Law Review, Forum Magazine, and other publications.  Her most recent publications include "China by Internet" which appeared in the international journal "Education About Asia," and a published project for the Fulbright Foundation on globalization.

In her spare time Prof. Seay enjoys drawing, painting, boating on Charlotte Harbor, fishing in Alligator Creek, and traveling to as many exotic and faraway places as possible.

Prof. Seay is a founding faculty member of the College of Professional Studies, having begun with the university in 1997 as Internship and Field Coordinator for the Criminal Justice Division.  She currently serves as the chair of the FGCU Student Code of Conduct Committee and chair of the EEO/Diversity Committee at the university.