JANE MAIENSCHEIN is a professor of philosophy and zoology/biology, Regents’ Professor, President’s Professor, Parents Association Professor, and Director of the Center for Biology and Society at . She specializes in the history and philosophy of biology and the way that biology, bioethics, and biopolicy play out in society. Focusing on research in , genetics, and cytology, Maienschein combines detailed analysis of the epistemological standards, theories, laboratory practices and experimental approaches with study of the people, institutions, and changing social, political, and legal context in which science thrives. Maienshein has published several books including Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning, and Stem Cells (Harvard University Press, 2003), which was a IPPY Finalist Award for Independent Publisher Books in 2004, Transforming Traditions in American Biology, 1880-1915 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991), and 100 Years Exploring Life, 1888-1988: The Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1989) and edited 9 more. She has also published more than 65 book chapters and scholarly articles in journals such as American Zoologist, Annals of History and Philosophy of Biology, Biology and Philosophy, Journal of the History of Biology, Medicine Studies: International Journal for the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine & Allied Sciences, and Yale Journal of Health Policy Law and Ethics. Professor Maienschein is the past recipient of numerous grants from the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology. She is a Fellow of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) and American Association of Academics in Science (AAAS), she served two terms as a board member for the national AWIS in Washington, D.C., and she was the first president for the International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology in 1989–1991. She is Director of The Embryo Project Encyclopedia, along with Dr. Manfred Laubichler. Intellectual issue to be addressed: Finding Goodness among the “Ought” and “Is” Debates about Research