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With John Dombrink, he is coauthor of the book Dying Right: The Death with Dignity Movement (2001), a study of physician assisted suicide in state and federal statehouses, courts, and legislatures. Building on his interests in agenda setting and policy innovation in local, state, and national politics, Daniel is researching and writing about privacy, technology, and law enforcement, as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genome policy.

She won an Undergraduate Assistantship for the academic year 2003–2004, during which she co-authored this article, and assisted in editing this theme issue of KT&P. Sarah recently exhibited a poster on the topic of human genome policy at the SIUC Undergraduate Research Forum. She is also a winner of the Center’s 2004 Outstanding Senior Award.

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Hillyard, D.P., Knight, S.M. Privacy, technology, and social change. Know Techn Pol 17, 81–101 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02687078

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