Megan S. Wright is a Professor of Law, Medicine, Sociology, and Bioethics at Penn State and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medicine. She earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona, and a B.S. in Sociology from Brigham Young University. Professor Wright’s primary research concerns the intersection of medical decision making, disability, and private law. She is currently researching 1) the role of healthcare organizations in mediating patient medical decision-making rights and 2) how to understand decisional capacity in various areas of law.
