Glenn McGee
Glenn McGee | |
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| Born | 1967 |
| Nationality | U.S.A. |
| Alma mater | Baylor University,Vanderbilt University |
| Website | https://www.salem.edu/people/glenn-mcgee |
Glenn E. McGee(1967- ) is theDean of AdmissionsatSalem CollegeandProfessorof health sciences atSalem College.[1]He has been noted for his work onreproductive technologyandgeneticsand for advancing a theory of pragmatic bioethics, as well as the role of ethicists in society and in local and state settings in particular.[2][3][4][5]
Life and career
[edit]McGee was raised inWaco, Texas.He earned a master's degree and Ph.D. inphilosophyfromVanderbilt Universityand completed a post-doctoral fellowship in theHuman Genome Project.[3]
From 1995 to 2005, McGee was an assistant professor and associate director for education at theUniversity of PennsylvaniaCenter for Bioethics, where he held joint appointments in philosophy, history and sociology of science, cellular and molecular engineering, and was a Fellow of theLeonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.In 1999, he founded and became the firsteditor-in-chiefofThe American Journal of Bioethics.In 2005, he moved toUnion UniversityinAlbany, New York,as the John Balint, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and became director of the Alden March Bioethics Institute atAlbany Medical Collegewhich had been founded in 1993 as the Center for Medical Ethics Education and Research by Balint. Three years later, after a legal case arising from the University's attempts to demote him as director and remove his endowed chair, he left the university.[6][7][8]In 2009 he was appointed to the John B. Francis chair in bioethics at the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City, succeedingJohn D. Lantos,inaugural holder of the chair.[9]From 2014-2021 he served as a professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy in theUniversity of New HavenSchool of Health Sciences, where he taughtpublic healthandhealth law.[10]He was appointed DeputyProvostand Special Assistant to the President in 2019, serving in that capacity until he joinedSalem Collegein 2021.[11]
Publications
[edit]McGee has authored many scholarly articles, essays, reviews, three books, and edited a number of books both personally and as senior editor of theMIT PressBasic Bioethics book series, which he founded withArthur Caplan.[12]His proposal for a California cloning policy was reprinted inGreat American Speeches,and a number of his articles have been reprinted in textbooks in bioethics, medical and other scientific fields. From 2005 to 2007, he wrote a monthly column forThe Scientist,and during the same time a column for theAlbany Times-Union.Prior to that, he co-wrote a column on bioethics for MSNBC.com.[13]
Books
[edit]- Beyond GeneticsISBN0-06-000801-6
- Bioethics for BeginnersISBN978-0-470-65911-3
- The Human Cloning DebateISBN1-893163-69-5
- The Perfect BabyISBN0-8476-9759-2
- Pragmatic BioethicsISBN0-262-63272-1
- Pragmatism and Human Genetic EngineeringISBN1-58112-020-6
- Who Owns LifeISBN1-57392-986-7
References
[edit]- ^Salem College: McGee, Glenn,archivedfrom the original on 2021-11-15,retrieved2021-10-15
- ^McGee, Glenn (1997),"Parenting in an Era of Genetics",Hastings Center Report,27(2): 16–22,doi:10.2307/3527621,JSTOR3527621,PMID9131347,archivedfrom the original on 2019-12-11,retrieved2008-07-07
- ^abPatel, Roxanne (July 2003),"The Born Identity: Penn's Glenn McGee, one of the best-known bioethicists in the world, tries to make sense of the most controversial issues of our day. But when he discovered the truth about his own genes, he faced the hardest question of all.",Philadelphia Magazine,archived fromthe originalon 2006-06-29,retrieved2008-07-07
- ^Eils, Lotozo (October 21, 2003),"Penn bioethicist sees a wild frontier",The Philadelphia Inquirer,archivedfrom the original on 2012-10-12,retrieved2008-07-07
- ^McGee, Glenn (1998),"Ethical issues in egg and embryo donation",Sauer, Ed., Principles of Oocyte and Embryo Donation,Springer,doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-1640-7_15,ISBN978-0-387-94960-4,retrieved2008-07-07
- ^Crowley, Cathleen (June 20, 2008),"Bioethics expert in dispute with Albany Med.: Glenn McGee files complaint in court saying college is not honoring severance package",Albany Times Union,retrieved2008-06-24
- ^Borrell, Brendan (June 16, 2008),"An Unethical Ethicist? Was questionable behavior behind the abrupt departure of Alden March Bioethics Institute's chief?",Scientific American
- ^Borrell, Brendan (July 7, 2008),"Alden March Bioethics Institute Picks Up the Pieces: Embattled bioethicist sues Albany Medical College over severance package",Scientific American
- ^New home for McGee,Albany Times-Union,December 13, 2009,retrieved2010-01-02
- ^University of New Haven: McGee, Glenn: Academic Credentials Subtab,archivedfrom the original on 2014-08-12,retrieved2014-08-11
- ^University of New Haven: McGee, Glenn,archivedfrom the original on 2020-10-31,retrieved2020-10-29
- ^"Basic Bioethics".The MIT Press. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-27.Retrieved2012-02-17.
- ^McGee, Glenn."Article Topics: Bioethics on MSNBC".bioethics.net. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-19.Retrieved2012-02-17.
