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Dr. Dawn Lewis Sutherland

Dr. Dawn Lewis Sutherland

Bible Scholar | Award-winning Author | Speaker | Educator

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Category: Law and Public Policy

Law and Public Policy examines how legal frameworks and public institutions respond to emerging technologies that reshape personhood, governance, and human dignity. This category engages constitutional law, regulatory theory, data governance, and technology policy with particular attention to artificial intelligence, biometrics, and human enhancement. The work here analyzes how law structures moral boundaries, allocates power, and protects identity in a rapidly evolving technological environment. Grounded in dignity-based jurisprudence and personhood-centered governance, these essays contribute to policy debates by identifying gaps in current regulatory models and proposing frameworks that preserve human agency, accountability, and the public good.

Posted on December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

Legal Framework Research Accepted for LU’s Research Week

Liberty University’s Research Week will take place on campus April 20–23, 2026, and I have been invited to participate! I will be delivering an oral presentation in the Theoretical Proposal category titled “Human Data as Personhood: A Theological-Legal Framework … Learn More

Posted on December 10, 2025December 19, 2025

Democracy After Datafication: My Upcoming Presentation at the JIS Symposium 2026

American democracy will soon mark its 250th year, and the moment arrives with a question that cannot be avoided: What becomes of ordered liberty when the human person is recast as data?

I recently received an invitation to present at … Learn More

Posted on September 29, 2025December 19, 2025

Literature Assessment on Technology, Identity, and Emerging Public Policy Frameworks

This presentation was developed as part of my second doctorate in law and public policy. The goal is to explore how emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and transhumanism, are reshaping debates about personhood, human dignity, and governance. The video, linked … Learn More

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