Glenn McGee

Glenn E. McGee (born 1967) is a professor of health sciences at Salem College, where he previously served as interim Dean of Admissions. He has been noted for his work on reproductive technology and genetics and for advancing a theory of pragmatic bioethics, as well as the role of ethicists in society and in local and state settings in particular.

Life and career McGee was raised in Waco, Texas. He earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Human Genome Project. In 2009 he was appointed to the John B. Francis chair in bioethics at the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City, succeeding John D. Lantos, inaugural holder of the chair. From 2014 to 2021 he served as a professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy in the University of New Haven School of Health Sciences, where he taught public health and health law. He was appointed Deputy Provost and Special Assistant to the President in 2019, serving in that capacity until he joined Salem College in 2021.

Publications McGee has authored many scholarly articles, essays, reviews, three books, and edited a number of books both personally and as senior editor of the MIT Press Basic Bioethics book series, which he founded with Arthur Caplan. His proposal for a California cloning policy was reprinted in Great 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 for The Scientist, and during the same time a column for the Albany Times-Union. Prior to that, he co-wrote a column on bioethics for MSNBC.com.

Books Beyond Genetics Bioethics for Beginners The Human Cloning Debate The Perfect Baby Pragmatic Bioethics Pragmatism and Human Genetic Engineering Who Owns Life