Emma McDonald Kennedy

Emma McDonald Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Villanova University, received her PhD in Theological Ethics from Boston College. Her research interests include moral agency, social ethics, and contemporary biotechnologies. Her most recent project draws together qualitative methods, critical realist sociology, feminist ethics, and disability studies to examine clinical and ecclesial contexts that shape family formation choices in response to infertility. Her current research scrutinizes emerging reproductive technologies, including polygenic embryo screening and AI assistance in gamete and embryo selection, with particular attentiveness to their impact on conceptualizations of agency and responsibility in clinical settings.