Allison M. Whelan, JD, MA Bioethics

Allison M. Whelan, JD, MA Bioethics, is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University College of Law. She received her JD from University of Minnesota Law School and her Masters in Bioethics from University of Minnesota. Her research and teaching encompass a broad set of medical, science, and social policy issues at the intersection of reproductive justice, administrative law, health and FDA law, constitutional law, and bioethics. Allison’s work has been recognized by peers in the academy, as well as her colleagues at Georgia State University College of Law. She was named a “Rising Star” by the Hastings Center in 2024 and she received the Georgia State University of Law’s Patricia T. Morgan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in May 2025. She has published or has forthcoming articles in the Georgetown Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, George Washington Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, Chicago Legal Forum, Minnesota Law Review, and Iowa Law Review, among many others. She is the author of numerous book chapters, and she also publishes op-eds and commentary, including for the Journal of the American Medical Association, Harvard Bill of Health, Harvard Social Impact Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Ms. Magazine.