 
Gary L. Comstock, PhD Director, Ethics Program Gary L. Comstock is professor of philosophy and director of the ethics program at North Carolina State University. He is perhaps best known as the founder of the Bioethics Institute, a faculty development workshop that has helped five hundred scientists around the world integrate discussions of ethics into their courses. Dr. Comstock recently published Vexing Nature? On the Ethical Case Against Agricultural Biotechnology. It explains how, after writing essays against genetic engineering, he changed his mind to become a "cautious proponent" of genetically modified foods. He is also the editor of Life Science Ethics. Prior to his current position, Dr. Comstock was professor
of religious studies at Iowa State University. He has held appointments
at Oregon State University; is a Member of the Center of Theological
Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey; a past president of the Society
for Agriculture and Human Values; and a popular speaker who has
lectured across Europe, the US, and Canada, and in Israel, South
Korea, Belize, and New Zealand. His work has been translated into
Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Bulgarian. In 1998 he won his
College’s Award for Excellence in Outreach.  |