Tonya M. Evans is a Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire School of Law with expertise in the areas of intellectual property, entertainment law, trusts & estates, and municipal finance. Prior to that time, she served as Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Inclusion & Equity at Widener University Commonwealth Law School. Professor Evans served as Associate Visiting Professor of Law at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law during the summer of 2016 and also served as Adjunct Professor of copyright, publishing and licensing at York College of Pennsylvania in Spring 2007. She also has an award-winning series of legal reference guides for writers and publishing industry professionals, and is a nationally recognized speaker who presents to various audiences regularly on publishing law and intellectual property law. Professor Evans attended Northwestern University on a four-year tennis scholarship, and thereafter she competed on the women’s professional tennis circuit and played most notably in the US Open, Virginia Slims of Philadelphia, and Lipton in 1993. After retiring from the tennis circuit in 1995, she attended Howard University on an academic scholarship.
