Dr. Amy Fletcher writes about science and society full-time from Knoxville, Tennessee, since recently leaving academia, where she was associate professor of political science at the University of Canterbury. She taught in New Zealand since 2000, after earning her doctorate from the University of Georgia and as a stint as legislative aid on telecom and technology issues in Washington. As a scholar, Dr. Fletcher taught undergraduate and advanced courses that focused on the political history of medicine (19th - 21st century), psychiatry, neurotech, and specific issues such as deep brain stimulation and the cyborg. In her book De-Extinction and the Genomics Revolution: Life on Demand, she introduced the current "de-extinction" agenda with reference to Mary Shelley, galvanism, and the 19th century interest in "animal electricity" and vitalism. Look out for more on all these themes, plus deep dives into history and lives of inventor visionaries that she'll explore for readers in these pages.