Michele B. GoodwinEverett Fraser Professor of LawUniversity of Wisconsin, B.A. Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin is the Everett Fraser Professor in Law. She holds joint appointments at the University of Minnesota Medical School and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Professor Goodwin spent the 2007-08 academic year as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Law School, where she edited her forthcoming book, Baby Markets, and developed a new curriculum on genetic property and the law. She is the former Wicklander Chair in Ethics and Professor of Law at DePaul College of Law, where she directed the top-ranked Health Law Institute and founded the Center for the Study of Race and Bioethics. Prior to law teaching, Goodwin was a Gilder-Lehrman post-doctoral fellow at Yale University. Shortly after beginning teaching, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Law & Society at the University of California Law School. At both institutions, Professor Goodwin continued her research on property, ownership, and identity in the human body. Goodwin is a leading scholar in biotechnology and bioethics. She writes about torts, contracts, and biotechnology issues intersecting with human biological supply. Professor Goodwin lectures internationally on topics such as biotechnology, assisted reproductive technologies, mental health, stem cell manipulation, and organ transplantation. She has been invited to provide keynote lectures and workshops in South Korea, Finland, Austria, Australia, South Africa, Italy, England, Ireland, and many other nations. Her recent book, Black Markets: The Supply & Demand of Body Parts, (Cambridge University Press 2006, Portuguese Edition 2008), builds upon a career of scholarship exploring causes for organ shortages and methods to remedy that crisis. Professor Goodwin is the recipient of numerous awards recognizing her contributions to the legal academy, including the Faculty Achievement Award and the Outstanding Scholarship Award. She has also been invited to present endowed faculty lectures at the University of Alabama, Dartmouth College, Widener University, and Susquehanna University. Her scholarship has been cited by the Seventh Circuit, and she has been interviewed by 60 Minutes, the Today Show, and local news networks, including ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox. Her opinion editorials and comments have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New York Times, Houston Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, New Zealand Herald, Wisconsin State Journal, Milwaukee Journal, and other media venues. She is the Chair of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Law, Medicine, and Health Care. She is also a fellow of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. Download Prof. Goodwin's CV here. |