Dr. Berry is a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and holds a joint appointment with Georgia State University's College of Law as a Professor of Science & Technology Law, Policy, & Ethics.  She joined the faculty at Tech in 1999, and during her time has initiated several educational initiatives to enhance undergraduate education, including establishing a new pre-law minor and building Tech's pre-law program, connecting students interested in intellectual property law with attorney and law student mentors, and engaging students in team-based, problem-driven learning projects on challenging problems in bioethics and biotechnology.   She has an extensive research and publication record, including her most recent book published in 2007, The Ethics of Genetic Engineering.  She earned her Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame; her J.D. at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, and her B.A. from Swarthmore College.