O. Carter Snead

Distinguished Visiting Scholar

Carter Snead is Charles E. Rice Professor of Law and concurrent professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. He is one of the world’s leading experts on public bioethics—the governance of science, medicine, and biotechnology in the name of ethical goods. His research explores issues relating to neuroethics, enhancement, human embryo research, assisted reproduction, abortion, and end-of-life decision-making. He is the author of What It Means to be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics, which the Wall Street Journal named as one of 2020’s ten best books. Additionally, from 2012 to 2024, he served as director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, building it into the most important center for interdisciplinary teaching, research, service, and public engagement in the Catholic tradition in higher academia.

EDUCATION

J.D. from Georgetown University

B.A. from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland

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