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Professional information
Assistant Director, Penn State Bioethics Program
Assistant Teaching Professor of Bioethics
Affiliate Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute
Affiliate Faculty, Penn State Law
Joint Appointment, College of Medicine Department of Humanities
Research interests
Working in the areas of bioethics, law, and health humanities, Michele Mekel’s work is interdisciplinary. It also spans both the theoretical and the applied. She is co-PI of the Viral Imaginations: COVID-19 project, which collects, displays, and archives the first-person narratives of Pennsylvanians’ lived pandemic experiences expressed through visual art and creative writing.
Teaching and educational interests
Michele Mekel’s teaching interests and expertise includes biomedical bioethics, health humanities and health law.
Education/Academic qualification
MHA, University of Missouri-Columbia
… → 2003
MBA, University of Missouri-Columbia
… → 2003
JD, University of Missouri-Columbia
… → 2002
BJ, University of Missouri-Columbia
… → 1993
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Minding the Gap: The Absence of Pennsylvania’s Involuntary Commitment Data
Gluckman, A., Mekel, M. & Cabrera, L., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neurotechnology Governance in the United States: Gaps and Opportunities
Cabrera, L. Y., Evereteze, N., Shank, E. G., Wagner, J. K., Mekel, M., McCormick, J. B. & Wright, M. S., Feb 2026, In: Bioethics. 40, 2, p. 225-235 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mekel, M. L., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Radiology Nursing. 43, 4, p. 276 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Viral Pedagogical Narratives: Artistic Expressions of Living During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Keifer-Boyd, K., Mekel, M. & Stetz, L., 2023, Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, p. 75-102 28 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series; vol. Part F2741).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Two Poems: Osteoporosis and Armaggedon
Mekel, M., Sep 2022, In: Journal of Radiology Nursing. 41, 3, p. 231-232 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review