Andrea Bonnicksen (Ph.D. Washington State University) is professor and former chair of the Department of Political Science at Northern Illinois University, where she teaches courses in biomedical and biotechnology policy. She is the author of three books, including Crafting a Cloning Policy: From Dolly to Stem Cells (Georgetown University Press, 2002) and In Vitro Fertilization: Building Policy from Laboratories to Legislatures (Columbia University Press, 1989). She is the co-editor of three books and the former book review editor for Politics and the Life Sciences . She has published journal articles and book chapters on ethical and policy issues related to embryonic stem cell research, human reproductive cloning, germ-line gene therapy, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, ovum nuclear transfer, human embryo freezing, and other reproductive and genetic technologies.
Bonnicksen has been invited to speak at meetings sponsored by federal government agencies and by universities. She has served as a core participant in projects sponsored by the Hastings Center, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Dartmouth College, among others. She is a long-time member of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and is currently the committee's co-chair. In 2004 she received a Presidential Research Professor award at Northern Illinois University. Her current work involves the ethical and policy implications of inter-species research.