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Jennifer K. Wagner, JD PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Law, Policy, and Engineering and Anthropology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

Jennifer K. Wagner, JD, PhD is Assistant Professor of Law, Policy, & Engineering and Anthropology at Penn State University. In addition to the School of Engineering Design and Innovation, Dr. Wagner is affiliated with the Institute for Computational and Data Science, Penn State Law, Rock Ethics Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences as well as a licensed attorney practicing part-time. Prior to joining Penn State, Dr. Wagner conducted ELSI research at two NHGRI-funded Centers for Excellence in ELSI Research (at Duke University’s Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy and University of Pennsylvania’s Center for the Integration of Genetic Healthcare Technologies) and later at Geisinger's Center for Translational Bioethics & Health Care Policy, where she contributed to the MyCode® Community Health Initiative and the NIH All of UsSM Research Program. She served as a AAAS Science & Engineering Congressional Fellow in a U.S. Senator’s office, and her work has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court. Dr. Wagner is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee and an associate editor for Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. Dr. Wagner’s anthroengineering research focuses on the international human right to science, including human-centered design and matters of privacy, nondiscrimination, and equity with genetic/omic and other health technologies. She strives to be “radically collaborative,” and her research has been supported by NIH OD, NHGRI, NIDCR, NIBIB, NCI, NCATS, and PCORI. Her scholarship has been published in prominent journals, including Science; Journal of Law & the Biosciences; American Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics; American Journal of Human Genetics; Genetics in Medicine; and more.

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