Faculty

Terence Keel

Terence Keel

B.A. Xavier University of Louisiana M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School Ph.D. Harvard University Terence Keel is a Professor with a split appointment in the Department of African American Studies, and the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics. He has written extensively about race, religion, law, medicine and the life sciences. His widely acclaimed first book, Divine Variations (Stanford University Press, 2018), winner…

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Jessica Lynch

Jessica Lynch

Ph.D.,  Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison M.S.,  Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison B.A.,  English, University of California, Davis Dr. Jessica Lynch is a Professor and the Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education at ISG.  She is a member of the IUCN Primate Specialist Group and Editor-In-Chief for the journal “Neotropical Primates”, a publication of Conservation International. Lynch is a biological anthropologist whose…

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Soraya de Chadarevian

Soraya de Chadarevian

PhD in Philosophy, University of Konstanz, Germany Advanced degree (Diplom) in Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany Soraya de Chadarevian is Professor in the Department of History and the Institute for Society and Genetics. She is a historian of science, technology and medicine with background in biology and philosophy. Her main area of interest are the life sciences in the twentieth and…

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Aaron Panofsky

Aaron Panofsky

2006 Ph.D. Sociology, New York University 1996 B.A. Science Studies (Interdisciplinary Studies), Amherst College Aaron Panofsky is the Director of and a Professor in the Institute for Society and Genetics, as well as a Professor in Public Policy, and Sociology. He is a sociologist of science, knowledge, and culture with a special interest on the history, intellectual organization, and social…

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Christina Palmer

Christina Palmer

Ph.D.,  Industrial Engineering (emphasis on Decision Sciences), University of Wisconsin-Madison M.S.,  Genetic Counseling,  Sarah Lawrence College B.A.,  Biology and Spanish, Indiana University Christina Palmer is a genetic counselor who has been a UCLA faculty member since she joined the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics and Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences in 1999. Dr. Palmer holds joint appointments in the Department…

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Christopher Kelty

Christopher Kelty

Christopher M. Kelty is professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has appointments in the Institute for Society and Genetics, the department of Information Studies and the Department of Anthropology. Research interests center on social theory and technology, the cultural significance of information technology; the relationship of participation, technology and the public sphere; He is the author of the book Two Bits: The…

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