Nita A. Farahany is the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke University, and Founding Director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society. She is a frequent commentator for national media and radio and keynote speaker at events including TED, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the World Economic Forum, and judicial conferences worldwide. From 2010-2017, she served as a Commissioner on the
U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. She is also co-editor-in-chief of the
Journal of Law and the Biosciences and on the Board of Advisors for
Scientific American. Farahany holds an AB (Genetics) from Dartmouth College, an ALM (Biology) from Harvard University, and a JD, MA, and
Ph.D. (Philosophy) from Duke University.
