Maryam Stevenson is an associate professor at Cumberland School of Law where she teaches Administrative Law, Torts, Professional Responsibilities, Immigration Law, Mental Health Law, and Food and Drug Law.

Before joining the Cumberland faculty, Stevenson worked as an assistant professor of political science and prelaw adviser at Troy University and the University of Indianapolis.

Prior to teaching, Stevenson specialized in physician and healthcare immigration. She has represented Fortune 500 companies, universities, medical groups and medical research facilities, as well as extraordinary researchers in health care and academia.

Teaching and Research Interests

Administrative Law, Torts, Immigration Law and Policy, Mental Health Law, Professional Responsibilities

Degrees and Certifications

• PhD (Political Science), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• JD, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
• BA, Rhodes College

Recent Publications

• Discretion Without Discipline: The Immigration and Nationality Act’s Discretion Problem and the Promise of APA Review, 16 Mich. J. Env’t. & Admin. L. ___ (forthcoming 2026).
• Doctor, Doctor: Reforming Physician Immigration Policy to Improve Access to Healthcare, 39 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 279 (2025).
• Explaining the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Stalemate in Congress, 73 Cath. U. L. Rev. 400 (Fall 2024).
• What Congress Needs to Break the Immigration Reform Stalemate, 73 Cath. U. L. Rev. 499 (Spring 2024).