Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 6/7/3
Iowa State University
Vice Provost for Research and Advanced Studies
Bioethics Program
Records, 1988-[ongoing]
creator: |
Iowa State University. Vice Provost for Research and Advanced Studies. Bioethics Program. |
title: |
Records |
dates: |
1988-[ongoing] |
extent: |
4.74 linear feet (3 records center cartons and 2 document boxes) |
collection number: |
RS 6/7/3 |
repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
access: |
Open for research |
publication rights: |
Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
preferred citation: |
Iowa State University Bioethics Program Records, RS 6/7/3, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
The Iowa State University Bioethics Advisory Committee was first established at Iowa State University by legislative statute in 1986. The Committee was to discuss and monitor the ethical, social, economic, and environmental implications of agricultural biotechnology. Initially, the Committee funded research, and sponsored symposiums, faculty retreats, and the newsletter The Ag Bioethics Forum. Then, in 1991 the committee was disbanded and the Bioethics Program begun. Philosophy and religious studies professor Gary L. Comstock assumed leadership duties as coordinator and began the ISU Bioethics Institute, a weeklong course for faculty from any discipline interested in ethical issues. The primary goal of the Institute was to train faculty to use discussions on ethics in their classes, thereby introducing the subject to their students. Within three years, by 1994, Comstock estimated that the 75 participants of the Institutes had reached 5,500 students in more than 100 courses. The Institutes are partially funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture. Comstock left Iowa State University in 2001, and Dr. Kristen Hessler, a lecturer in the Philosophy Department, replaced him as the Bioethics Outreach Coordinator. The Bioethics Program continues to organize Bioethics Institutes, sponsor on-campus events, and to offer courses in bioethics. |
The collection includes minutes from the Iowa State University Bioethics Advisory Committee, drafts of the Ag Bioethics Forum, materials related to symposiums, and articles, correspondence, and planning materials for the Bioethics Institutes. In addition, it includes articles and presentations written and presented by Gary Comstock, as well as materials pertaining to conferences he planned and attended. The videos included in this collection, of programs on various bioethical issues and of speakers at the 1995 Iowa State University Bioethics Institute, are housed separately in the vault. |
The collection is arranged alphabetically, with the exception of video and audiocassette tapes, which are listed separately at the end. |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Activities Report: Bioethics Program |
1991-1995 |
1 |
2 |
Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS) meeting |
1994 |
1 |
3 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) Speakers Tour: Presentations by Gary Comstock |
2000 |
1 |
4 |
Articles with citations for Gary Comstock |
1988-2000 |
1 |
5 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University |
1994 |
1 |
6 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University |
1995 |
5 |
4 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University (Summer) |
1995 |
1 |
7 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University |
1996 |
1 |
8 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University: evaluations |
1996 |
1 |
9 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University: evaluations |
1997 |
1 |
10 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University |
1998 |
1 |
11 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University |
1999 |
1 |
12 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University: evaluations |
1999 |
1 |
13 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University |
2000 |
1 |
14 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University |
2001 |
1 |
15 |
Bioethics Faculty Retreat, Iowa State University |
2002 |
1 |
16 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University: Budgets |
1990-1997 |
1 |
17 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University |
1991 |
1 |
18 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University |
1991 |
1 |
19 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University: evaluations |
1991 |
1 |
20 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University: speakers and correspondence |
1991 |
1 |
21 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University |
1998 |
1 |
22 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University |
1998 |
1 |
23 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University |
1999 |
1 |
24 |
Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University |
2001 |
1 |
25 |
Bioethics Institute, Oregon State University |
1998-1999 |
1 |
26 |
Bioethics Institute, University of Illinois |
1993-1994 |
1 |
27 |
Bioethics Institute, University of Illinois |
1994 |
1 |
28 |
Bioethics Institute, University of Illinois |
1995 |
1 |
29 |
Bioethics Institute, University of Nebraska |
1992 |
1 |
30 |
Bioethics Leader Program |
1994-1996 |
1 |
31 |
Bioethics Model Institute Survey |
1994-1995 |
2 |
1 |
Bioethics Model Institute Survey |
1997 |
2 |
2 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1988-1991 |
2 |
3 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1992 |
2 |
4 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1992 |
2 |
5 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1993 |
2 |
6 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1994-1995 |
2 |
7 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1995-1996 |
2 |
8 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1996-1997 |
2 |
9 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1997-1998 |
2 |
10 |
Bioethics Program Report |
1998-1999 |
2 |
11 |
Bioethics Program Report |
2000 |
2 |
12 |
Bioethics Retreat, Iowa Lakeside Lab |
1995 |
2 |
13 |
Bioethics Research Fellowship |
2000-2001 |
2 |
14 |
Bioethics Seminar Series |
1997-1999 |
2 |
15 |
Biotechnology Institute, Iowa State University |
1992 |
2 |
16 |
Biotechnology Institute, Iowa State University |
1993 |
2 |
17 |
College Student Survey on Issues and Values in Agriculture |
1990-1993 |
2 |
18 |
Colloquium: "Is Biotechnology Compatible With Sustainable Agriculture?" |
1991 |
2 |
19 |
Colloquium: "Should We Patent Life?" |
1990 |
2 |
20 |
Conference: "Biotechnology in the Global Economy: Science and the Precautionary Principle," Harvard University |
2000 |
2 |
21 |
Conference: "Biotechnology and the Human Environment," George Washington University |
2000 |
2 |
22 |
Conference: "East-West Philosophers' Conference," University of Hawaii |
2000 |
2 |
23 |
Conference: "Ethics and Biotechnology: a Blueprint for the Future," Northwestern University, Chicago |
1996 |
2 |
24 |
Conference: "Fourth Annual Conference on Religious Ethics and Technological Change: Is There a Conspiracy Against Family Farmers?" Iowa State University |
1987 |
2 |
25 |
Conference: "Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice," a joint conference of the Society for Applied Philosophy and the International Society for Environmental Ethics, Oxford, England |
1999 |
2 |
26 |
Conference: "The Responsibility of the World's Religions: Realizing the Ideal," by the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace |
1994 |
2 |
27 |
Conference: "Third Annual Conference on Religious Ethics and Technological Change: Is there a Moral Obligation to Save the Family Farm?" Iowa State University |
1986 |
2 |
28 |
Conference: "Transatlantic Platform for Consumer Concerns and International Trade," Lelystad, the Netherlands |
2000 |
2 |
29 |
Correspondence: General |
1992-1995 |
2 |
30 |
Correspondence: Gary Comstock |
1992-1996 |
2 |
31 |
Correspondence: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (JAEE) |
1991-1992 |
2 |
32 |
Ethics and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute: Readings |
1992 |
2 |
33 |
Faculty Position Search |
1990 |
2 |
34 |
Fall Bioethics Colloquium: "Can Animals Feel Pain?" |
1991 |
2 |
35 |
Fall Bioethics Colloquium: "Is Bioethics Compatible with Sustainable Agriculture?" |
1991 |
2 |
36 |
Fall Bioethics Colloquium |
1992 |
2 |
37 |
Fall Bioethics Colloquium: "Population, Poverty, and the Environmental Resource Base" |
1994 |
2 |
38 |
Fall Bioethics Colloquium |
1995 |
2 |
39 |
Fall Bioethics Colloquium: "Population, Development, and Human Rights" |
1996 |
2 |
40 |
Fall Bioethics Colloquium: "Who Owns the World?" |
1997 |
2 |
41 |
Fall Bioethics Colloquium, University of Illinois |
1993 |
2 |
42 |
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD) and National Science Foundation (NSF) International Bioethics Institute: Correspondence |
1998-1999 |
2 |
43 |
FLAD and NSF International Bioethics Institute, Lisbon, Portugal |
1999 |
2 |
44 |
FLAD and NSF International Bioethics Institute: Correspondence |
2000 |
2 |
45 |
FLAD and NSF International Bioethics Institute: Presentation on Genetically Modified Foods, by Gary Comstock, Lisbon, Portugal |
2000 |
2 |
46 |
Grant Proposal: National Science Foundation (NSF), Addendum, Life Sciences Faculty Institute on Ethics and Agricultural Biotechnology |
1993-1994 |
3 |
1 |
Grant: NSF, Final Project Report for Model Ethics Institute |
1998-1999 |
3 |
2 |
Grant: NSF, Grant Progress Report |
1995 |
3 |
3 |
Grant: NSF, Model Ethics Institute, Budget and Correspondence |
1994-1997 |
3 |
4 |
Grant: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Higher Education Challenge Grant |
1993 |
3 |
5 |
Grant: USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant, Final Report |
1996 |
3 |
6 |
Grant: NSF, "Life Sciences Faculty Institute on Ethics and Agricultural Biotechnology" |
1992 |
3 |
7 |
Grant Proposal: National Science Foundation |
1993 |
3 |
8 |
Grant Proposal: USDA, "Model Ethics Institute" |
1993 |
3 |
9 |
Grant Subcontract: NSF, Oregon State University Bioethics Program |
1997-1999 |
3 |
10 |
ISU Bioethics Program Activities Report |
1991-1995 |
3 |
11 |
ISU Bioethics Advisory Committee, Meeting Minutes |
1988 |
3 |
12 |
ISU Bioethics Advisory Committee, Meeting Minutes |
1991 |
3 |
13 |
ISU Bioethics Advisory Committee, Correspondence |
1987-1988 |
3 |
14 |
ISU Bioethics Advisory Committee, Meeting Minutes |
1991-1992 |
3 |
15 |
ISU Bioethics Advisory Committee, Meeting Minutes |
1994-1997 |
3 |
16 |
ISU Bioethics Advisory Committee, Meeting Minutes |
1998-2000 |
3 |
17 |
ISU Bioethics Advisory Committee, Meeting Minutes |
1999-2000 |
3 |
18 |
ISU Bioethics Advisory Committee, Proposals |
1987-1988 |
3 |
19 |
ISU Bioethics Institute, Alumni Reunions |
1991-1994 |
3 |
20 |
ISU Bioethics Program Strategic Plan |
1999 |
3 |
21 |
ISU Bioethics Program Survey |
1994 |
3 |
22 |
ISU Bioethics Symposium |
1995 |
5 |
5 |
ISU Bioethics Symposium, "Ethics and Animals in Agriculture" |
1996 |
3 |
23 |
ISU Bioethics Symposium, "Is it Ethical to Increase World Food Production?" |
1999 |
3 |
24 |
Manuscript: Articles for the Journal for Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (JAEE), special issue on vegetarians and veganism |
1994 |
3 |
25 |
Manuscript: Articles for JAEE, volume 8, number 2, various authors |
1995 |
3 |
26 |
Manuscript: Articles for JAEE, volume 8, number 2, various authors |
1995 |
3 |
27 |
Manuscript: "Introduction" for JAEE, volume 8, number 2, by Gary Comstock |
1995 |
3 |
28 |
Manuscript: "Is there a conspiracy against family farmers?: Agricultural Economics, Public Policy, and Catholic Theology," edited by Gary Comstock |
1990 |
3 |
29 |
Miscellaneous events sponsored by the ISU Bioethics Program |
1994-1995 |
3 |
30 |
National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC) Institute, Correspondence and Planning |
1996-1998 |
3 |
31 |
NABC Institute, North Carolina State University |
1998 |
3 |
32 |
NABC Institute, North Carolina State University |
1998-1999 |
3 |
33 |
NABC Institute, North Carolina State University |
2000 |
3 |
34 |
NABC Meeting, Lincoln, Nebraska |
1999 |
3 |
35 |
NABC: Report on the NABC Ad-Hoc Committee on Ethics |
1996 |
4 |
1 |
News clippings about Gary Comstock |
1994-2000 |
4 |
2 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," miscellaneous |
1991-1993 |
4 |
3 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 4, no. 1 |
1992 |
4 |
4 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 4, no. 2 |
1992 |
4 |
5 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 4, no. 2 |
1992 |
4 |
6 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 5, no. 1 |
1993 |
4 |
7 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 5, no. 2 |
1993 |
4 |
8 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 6, no. 1 |
1994 |
4 |
9 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 6, no. 2 |
1994 |
4 |
10 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 7, no. 1 |
1995 |
4 |
11 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 7, no. 2 |
1995 |
4 |
12 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," vol. 8, no. 2 |
1996 |
4 |
13 |
Newsletter Drafts: "The Ag Bioethics Forum," Web Consent Forms |
1996 |
4 |
14 |
Newspaper Article: "Multinationals Patenting Animals," by Gary Comstock |
1988 |
4 |
15 |
Pamphlets: Bioethics Institutes |
1985-1987 1998-2000 |
4 |
16 |
Poster: ISU Agricultural Bioethics Symposium |
1987 |
5 |
1 |
Presentation on Genetic Engineering by Gary Comstock to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand |
2000 |
5 |
2 |
Reports: Use of Ethics by Instructors at Iowa State University |
1992-1993 |
5 |
3 |
Survey: "The National Science Foundation's Bioethics Institute: an Independent Assessment |
1997 |
5 |
6 |
Audio Cassettes: "Bio-Tech Harvest," Cassettes 1-2 |
n.d. |
5 |
7 |
Audio Cassettes: "Second Annual ISU Bioethics Symposium: 'Ethics and Animals in Agriculture," Cassettes 1-4 |
1996 |
Video Collection | |||
|
|
VHS Video: "Ag Ethics: Water Rights," Texas A&M Series |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: "Animal Transplants," ABC News, Turning Point |
1997 |
|
|
VHS Video: "Battle for the Great Plains," and "The Earth is the Lord's: Ecology is Religious" |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: "Bioethics Institute Composite Videos" |
1997 |
|
|
VHS Video: "Ethics and Biotechnology: 3) Environmental Ethics; 4) Ethical Theory" |
1993 |
|
|
VHS Video: "European Pork Production" |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: "Free Range Pigs" |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: Iowa State University Bioethics Institute: "Ethics and university-business partnerships," by Dr. Norman Bowie, University of Minnesota |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: Iowa State University Bioethics Institute: "The Current Direction of ISU," by Dr. Martin Jischke, President, ISU |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: Iowa State University Bioethics Institute: "Is the Current Direction of ISU Good or Bad?" by Dr. Colin Scanes, College of Agriculture, ISU |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: Iowa State University Bioethics Institute: "Is the Current Direction of ISU Good or Bad?" by Dr. Tony Smith, Philosophy Department, ISU |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: Iowa State University Bioethics Institute: "Discussion and Summary," by Dr. Norman Bowie |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: "Mark Frankel, Ethics and Scientific Integrity" |
1995 |
|
|
VHS Video: "Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Domestic Livestock Used for Research" |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: "The Promise of the Land;" "Uncertain Harvest;" MacNeil-Lehrer News hour: Wes Jackson;" "Market to Market" |
n.d. |
|
|
VHS Video: "The Real Frankenstein," ABC TV |
1994 |
|
|
VHS Video: "A Stampede of Zebras," funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation |
1996 |