Naomi Scheinerman is an Assistant Professor of Bioethics in the Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy. Her background is in political and democratic theory, with experience in law, public policy, and philosophy. In addition to deliberative democracy, she works on exploitation and consent, including on such topics as prenatal genetic testing, gestational surrogacy, reproductive rights, paid participation for clinical trials, egg and organ donation, and newborn screening. Prior to joining the faculty at OSU, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics and Genomics at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Medical Ethics and Healthcare Policy and the AI Joint Fellow-in-Residents at Harvard’s EJS Center for Ethics and Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. She also worked for two years as a research assistant at The Hastings Center.