Neuroethical Policy Design

Dana Lee Baker serves as a Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Programs of Political Science and Global Studies at California State University Channel Islands. Dr. Baker completed her PhD in Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin, her Master of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, and bachelor's in history and Religious Studies at Rice University. Previous books authored and co-authored by Dr. Baker include: The Politics of Neurodiversity: Why Public Policy Matters; Law and Neurodiversity (with Laurie Drapela and Whitney Littlefield); and Neuroethics in Higher Education Policy (with Brandon Leonard). Raquel Baker earned a PhD in English Literary Studies from the University of Iowa. She specializes in Postcolonial Studies and 20th- and 21st-century African literatures in English. She received a BA in Psychology from San Francisco State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Postcolonial and Transnational Literatures at California State University Channel Islands, where she teaches creative writing, literature, and Africana Studies including courses on contemporary African and African diasporic speculative and science fiction.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Of the People, for the People and by the People?.- Chapter 2: Early Childhood Education: Ensuring Access through 1990s Neuroscience.- Chapter 3: Bullying and the Beholder: Zero Tolerance Policies.- Chapter 4: Medicine and the Mind: Treating the Adolescent Brain.- Chapter 5: Ages of Consent and Majority: Perspective and Decision Making.- Chapter 6: Knowledge and Wisdom: High Stakes Testing and Learning Outcomes.- Chapter 7: Labor Policy: Employees as Children.- Chapter 8: Fairness and Bias: Discrimination in the Workplace.- Chapter 9: Persistence of Memory: Bearing Witness or Serving on a Jury.- Chapter 10: Happy Golden Years: Retirement Policy.- Chapter 11: Will to Live and the Living Will.- Chapter 12: Complexity is Our Responsibility: Concluding Thoughts on Moving Forward.