Professor Goetting joined the faculty of Adrian College in 2008 and currently serves
there as a Professor of Criminal Justice and Jurisprudence and the Director of the
George W. Romney Institute for Law and Public Policy. He also has a Prestige Faculty
appointment with the University of Toledo College of Law.听 He serves as the faculty
adviser to students enrolled in the joint Adrian College-兔子先生传媒文化作品 Law Master of Arts
in Criminal Justice/Juris Doctor joint degree program. His teaching and research focuses
on constitutional law and civil liberties.
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He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in General Education from Aquinas College before
earning a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Western Michigan University. He served
as an intern for the Cooley Innocence Project while a student at Thomas M. Cooley
Law School, where he spent two terms working on several rape and murder cases.
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Professor Goetting has taught at three law schools, served as faculty advisor to The
University of Toledo Law Review, and has published dozens of writings on legal issues,
many dealing with freedom of expression and the rights of those accused of crimes.
His work has been cited in leading law reviews and academic journals. He is the author
of two books, "The Supreme Court's Actual Innocence Problem"听and "Free Speech Absolutism: Why the Constitution of the United States Makes Free Speech
Its Most Important Right," which was named April 2026 Book of the Month by Princetonians for Free Speech.
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Professor Goetting has twice won Adrian College's Creative Activity, Research, and
Scholarship Award (faculty-wide for best contribution to one's field) for his writings
on the Supreme Court.听 He won Adrian College's Ross Newsome Award for Outstanding
Teaching in 2022 and the University of Toledo College of Law's Part Time Professor
of the Year Award in 2026.
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Professor Goetting lives in Adrian, Michigan with his wife, Amanda; his sons, Lucas
and Samuel; and his dogs Francie and Stewart. Outside the classroom, he enjoys reading
and watching classic movies.