Dr Andrew Moeller

My current research focuses broadly on the history of human enhancement, with a particular interest in the history of eugenic thought and practices in Britain. Those topics, along with the intersecting histories of Christianity, pronatalism, and neo-Malthusianism in the twentieth century, are examined in my forthcoming monograph with Rutgers Press, entitled Be Fruitful and Multiply: Anglican Efforts to Control Fertility in Interwar England.

I previously taught on the Authority of Nature course for undergraduates. For the past several years, I have also worked on an interdisciplinary bioethics and human enhancement project called the “Boundaries of Humanity”. My role is that of researcher in ethics and the humanities for the Stanford-based project.

I recently launched a project called “Biotechnology and the Humanities”, which will draw and build upon scholarship in the humanities, such as history, philosophy, theology, and ethics, to better understand biotechnologies and their relationship with human society, and to foster interdisciplinary and open discussion of emerging biotechnologies.

Research Interests

• Modern British History
• Religious History
• Intellectual History
• History of Science, Medicine, and Technology