Ira Harris Carmen (born December 3, 1934) graduated from the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
and is an American Professor Emeritus of
Political Science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...
, where he taught from 1968 to 2009.
Carmen is a co-founder of the social science subdiscipline of genetics and politics. The first
political scientist
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to be elected to the
Human Genome Organization
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, he is a member of two research teams at the
University of Illinois
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, one exploring
sociogenomics and the other
stem cell research
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.
After 41 years of service, Professor Carmen retired on August 24, 2009.
Research
*''Cloning and the Constitution: An Inquiry into Governmental Policymaking and Genetic Experimentation''
*''Politics in the Laboratory: The Constitution of Human Genomics''
*''Power & Balance: An Introduction to American Constitutional Government''
*''Movies, Censorship, and the Law''
References
External links
The Constitution of Human Genomics
1934 births
Living people
University of Michigan alumni
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
American political scientists
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