Rev. 9/6/15 PAIGE COMSTOCK CUNNINGHAM ________________________________________________________________ _ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2009- The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, Deerfield, IL Executive Director 1983 -95 Americans United for Life, Chicago, IL President (1993-95) Associate General Counsel for Legislation (1990-1991) Staff Attorney (1998-1990) Executive Director & General Counsel (1983-84) 1985 -88 Johnson, Westra, Whittaker & Austin, Carol Stream, IL Associate 1982 -83 Arnstein, Gluck, Lehr, Barron & Milligan, Chicago, IL TEACHING APPOINTMENTS: 2009 - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL Adjunct Professor of Law and Bioethics Director, Intensive Institute on Bioethics 2009 - Trinity Graduate School, Deerfield, IL Affiliate Professor of Law and Bioethics 2009 - Trinity Law School, Santa Ana, CA Affiliate Faculty 2005 Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO Guest Lecturer 1999 - Trinity Law School, Santa Ana, CA Adjunct Law Professor 1998 - Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL Adjunct Instructor (1999-2001, 2004 - 2008) PreLaw Advisor (1999-2001) Guest Lecturer (1998 -99) COURSES TAUGHT: Intensive Institute in Bioethics (graduate) Bioethics and Public Policy (graduate and undergraduate) Introduction to Law (undergraduate) Abortion and the Law (undergraduate) Life, Death and Public Policy (undergraduate) Sex, Reproduction and Politics (undergraduate) EDUCATION: 2015 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL PhD in Educational Studies (cand.) 2004 Trinity Graduate School, Deerfield, IL Master of Arts in Bioethics, Summa cum laude 1982 Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL Juris Doctor 1977 Taylor University, Upland, IN Bachelor of Arts in Music and Sociology, Summa cum laude ACADEMIC HONORS: 2004 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges 1982 Northwestern University Law Review Editorial Board 1982 Northwestern University School of Law Dean’s List 1974-77 Taylor University Chi Alpha Omega Society PROFESSIONAL HONORS: 1992 Taylor University Alumna of the Year for Professional Achievement 1990 Barrister Magazine “One of 20 Young Lawyers Making A Difference” American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division 2 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS: American Society for Bioethics and Humanities American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics Christian Legal Society BOARD SERVICE AND ADVISORY COUNCILS: 2001 - Taylor University, Upland, IN Board of Trustees 2007 - 2010 CareNet Pregnancy Services of DuPage County , Downers Grove, IL Board of Directors 2006 - 2010 National Embryo Donation Center, Knoxville, TN Embryo Donation and Adoption Advisory Board 1995 - 2009 The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, Bannockburn, IL National Advisory Council 1994 – National Institute of Family & Life Advocates, Fredericksburg, VA National Advisory Council 1995-05 Americans United for Life, Chicago, IL Board of Directors (2002-05, 1987-1992) Chair, Board of Directors (1995-2002) 2000 - 2004 Center for Applied Christian Ethics, (Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL) Advisory Board 1998 - 2000 North America AD2000 Women’s Track “Love Your Neighbor USA” Steering Committee 1996 - 2001 International Students, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO President’s Advisory Council 3 1993 – 1996 National Organization of Episcopalians for Life Advisory Board 1993 - 1995 Imago Dei Foundation, Chattanooga, TN Advisory Board 1990 - 1993 Illinois Family Institute, Glen Ellyn, IL Board of Directors APPOINTMENTS AND SERVICE: 2005 - 2007 World Relief, Wheaton, IL ESL classroom volunteer 2003 - Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future, Chicago, IL Fellow 2001 - 2006 The Council for Biotechnology Policy, Wilberforce Forum, Lansdowne, VA Fellow 2001 - 2009 The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, Bannockburn, IL Senior Fellow PUBLICATIONS: Book Chapters Co-author, Paige Comstock Cunningham and Michael Sleasman "Exploitation in the Global Medical Enterprise: Bioethics and Social Injustice" in Social Injustice: What Evangelicals Need to Know About the World (ed. William Moulder and Michael Cooper; Timothy Center Press, 2011). “Wisdom from Law” in Why the Church Needs Bioethics: A Guide to Wise Engagement with Life’s Challenges (John F. Kilner, ed.)(Zondervan, 2011) “Learning from Our Mistakes: The Pro-life Cause and the New Bioethics,” in Human Dignity in the Biotech Century (Charles W. Colson and Nigel M. de S. Cameron, eds.)(InterVarsity 4 Press, 2004). “The Supreme Court and the Creation of the Two-Dimensional Woman,” in The Cost of “Choice”: Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion (Erika Bachiochi, ec.)(Encounter Books, 2004) "Is Abortion the "First Right" for Women?: Some Consequences of Legal Abortion," (with Clarke D. Forsythe) in J. Butler and D. Walberts, eds., Abortion, Medicine, and the Law (4th ed.) (Facts on File, 1992). Edited or Co-authored Works The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality, Reproductive Technologies, and the Family (with John F. Kilner, W. David Hager, eds.)(Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000) Basic Questions on Alternative Medicine: What Is Good and What Is Not? (with Gary P. Stewart, William R. Cutrer, Timothy J. Demy, John F. Kilner and Donald O'Mathuna)(BioBasic Series, 1998) Basic Questions on End of Life Decisions: How Do We Know What's Right? with Gary P. Stewart, William R. Cutrer, Timothy J. Demy, John F. Kilner and Donald O'Mathuna)(BioBasic Series, 1998) Basic Questions on Sexuality and Reproductive Technology: When Is it Right to Intervene? (with Gary P. Stewart, William R. Cutrer, Timothy J. Demy, John F. Kilner and Donald O'Mathuna)(BioBasic Series, 1998) Basic Questions on Suicide and Euthanasia: Are They Ever Right? ? (with Gary P. Stewart, William R. Cutrer, Timothy J. Demy, John F. Kilner and Donald O'Mathuna)(BioBasic Series, 1998) Abortion and the Constitution: Reversing Roe v. Wade Through the Courts (with Dennis J. Horan, and Edward R. Grant, eds.) (Georgetown University Press, 1987). Articles and Commentary Biohazards, quarterly column for Salvo magazine (Fall 2011 – present) Director’s Desk, quarterly column for Dignitas (Summer 2009 – present) “What’s Wrong with Designer Genes?” with Michael Sleasman, DesiringGod.org (July 21, 2015) (http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-s-wrong-with-designer-genes. “’Womb Transplant Babies’: A Preliminary Exploration of Recent Biomedical Advances,” Dignitas (Winter 2014) 5 “Bioethics 2.0,” The Christian Lawyer (Fall 2013) “She’s a Person, Not a Uterus,” Her.meneutics (Mar 8, 2013) http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2013/march/shes-person-not-uterus.html. Comment on sanctity of life, NAE Insight (Winter 2012) “Baby-Making: The Fractured Fulfillment of Huxley’s Brave New World,” Parts I and II, Dignitas (Spring 2011, Summer 2011) “Ligers, Tigons, and Splice: Human-Animal Hybrids.” Dignitas (Spring-Summer 2010) “Black Market Organs.” With Michael Shaffer. Dignitas (Spring-Summer 2010) “Parenthood Denied.” http://www.cbhd.org/resources/reproductive/cunningham_2007-06- 08.htm. “ASBH and Inclusiveness: Cautiously Optimistic,” ASBH Exchange 7 (Spring 2007). BreakPoint WorldView Commentary (on enhancement and behavior/cognitive modifying drugs), Jan. 2005. BreakPoint WorldView Viewpoint (on Christians and assisted reproduction), December 2004. “Embryo Adoption or Embryo Donation?: The Distinction and Its Implications.” http://www.cbhd.org/resources/reproductive/cunningham_2003-04-17.htm “Is It Right or Is It Useful? Patenting of the Human Gene, Lockean Property Rights, and the Erosion of the Imago Dei,” 19 Ethics & Medicine 85 (Summer 2003). “Common Sense on ESCR.” http://www.pfm.org/BiotechTemplate.cfm “The Right to Patent a Human Being: Fact, Fiction, or Future Possibility?” http://www.cbhd.org/resources/cloning/cunningham_2002-06-03.htm "United Nations Agenda for Women Falls Short," Christianity Today 90 (Oct. 23, 1995). "Beijing's Building Agenda," Christianity Today 55 (Aug. 14, 1995) "When There Is No Respect for Life," 15 Christian Legal Society Quarterly 4 (No. 3, 1994) "Protect the Right to Protest, " USA Today, May 17, 1993, sec. 1 p. 12A.. Marlow, Pro-life activism: liberating strife, Taylor (Summer 1991)(Interview of Cunningham). 6 Abortion: A Window of Opportunity, JustLife/90 (A 1990 Study Guide for Justice, Life and Peace). Cunningham & Forsythe, "Abortion and the Supreme Court's Decision," Miami Herald (July 9, 1989) Letter to the Editor, The National Law Journal (Feb. 6, 1989) "Bartering Baby M," Moody Monthly 2 (June 1987) Editorial, "Fight will continue on Supreme Court," Daily Journal , sec. 1, p. 10 (Jan. 25, 1987) Review of Brave New People by D. Gareth Jones, in Moody Monthly 65 (Oct. 1985) "Reversing Roe v. Wade," Christianity Today 20 (Sept. 20, 1985) "Prescription: Part-Time--One Working Mom's Solution," VI Christian Legal Society Quarterly 13 (No. 3, 1985) "Reversing Roe v. Wade," Evangelical Newsletter (May 25, 1984) "Prolifers Have Civil Rights Too," Free Speech Advocates (Pamphlet Series No. 2) "On the Anniversary of a Death," National Right to Life News, April 19, 1984 "Handicapped Infants and the Role of the State," 36 Virginia Law Weekly 1, March 9, 1984) "The Limits on Law in Fostering Values and Directing Moral Choice: A Response," IV Christian Legal Society Quarterly 27 (No. 4, 1983) "Human Life: More Than a Private Matter," (with Lynn Buzzard) Moody Monthly 18 (July/August 1983). "Where Are We Now: The Supreme Court Decisions Ten Years After Roe v. Wade," (with Thomas Marzen and Maura Quinlan)(Studies in Law, Medicine, and Society, published by Americans United