Katie Hasson
Katie Hasson, PhD, writes, speaks, researches, and teaches about the social and political aspects of human genetic and reproductive technologies. Katie earned her PhD in Sociology with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality from the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California.
In the News
A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the...
A US-based startup called Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" embryos they conceive for...
A US startup company is offering to help wealthy couples screen their embryos for IQ using controversial technology that raises...
Biopolitical Times
Public and policy conversations about heritable human genome editing often leave the impression that rules governing it are few and...
Last week, private equity mega-firm the Blackstone Group announced a deal to acquire Ancestry, the genealogy and direct-to-consumer DNA testing...
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A wave of corporate solidarity statements followed in the wake of resurgent Black Lives...