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Professor Jody Madeira joined the IU Maurer School of Law faculty in 2007. Her scholarly interests involve empirical research; the role of emotion in law; the sociology of law; law, medicine and bioethics; and the Second Amendment. She is principal investigator on a grant to design and implement S.U.N., a multimedia web portal integrating educational videos and a mobile health tracking application for college students that addresses alcohol, marijuana, opioid and stimulant use disorders.

Her most recent book, "Taking Baby Steps: How Patients and Fertility Clinics Collaborate in Conception" (University of California Press, 2018), takes readers inside the infertility experience, from dealing with infertility-related emotions to forming treatment relationships with medical professionals, confronting difficult decisions and negotiating informed consent. Madeira investigates how women, men, and their care providers can utilize trust to collaboratively negotiate infertility鈥檚 personal, physical, spiritual, ethical, medical and legal minefields.

Susan Liebell, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University. She is also the Dirk Warren '50 Sesquicentennial Chair.

My research, teaching, and media work connect political theory, public law and contemporary politics. My research sits at the intersection of law, history, and democratic theory. As a national expert on the Second Amendment, my scholarship on how gun rights and regulations affect democratic citizenship has appeared in both academic (Journal of Politics, Polity) and public-facing venues (Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Washington Post) 鈥� and I鈥檝e presented my work at Duke, Columbia, Rutgers, George Washington, Brennan Center for Justice, and the American Political Science Association and Association for Political Theory annual conferences. My passion for teaching translates into lively lectures and innovative simulations for my courses in political theory, public law, and ideology and film 鈥� as well as supervision of independent research for Summer Scholars and other students. My award-winning teaching has been featured in the Washington Post. As the co-host of the New Books in Political Science podcast on the New Books Network, I interview scholars on cutting-edge research in political science, history, and law. As an expert providing television and radio commentary, I enjoy translating cutting-edge research in political science and law to public audiences.