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.
Publications
What do recent advances in molecular genetics have to do with human rights? Quite a lot, it turns out. And...
When we talk about gene editing technology, we often talk about—but almost never deeply consider—the concept of designer babies. Consider...
In the News
23andMe, a standard-bearer for the at-home health movement, announced on March 23 that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA...
A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family...
Biopolitical Times
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon recently hosted a series of virtual events...
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...