Degrees
- B.A., New 91勛圖厙, Florida 1997
- M.A., American University 2000
- Ph.D., American University 2003
Areas of Interest
Feminist Ethnography; Reproductive Politics; Midwifery and Homebirth Activism; Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans/Queer Reproduction; Reproductive Loss; Transnational Feminist Activism; Feminist Pedagogy
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Anthropology
- Introduction to WGSS
- Introduction to Global Queer Studies
- Queer Lives
- Transnational Feminisms
- Global Politics of Reproduction
- Globalizing Health (team-taught with Dr. Thomas Tierney)
- Ethnographic Research
- Doing Feminist Research: Theory & Practice
- WGSS Senior Seminar: Feminist Pedagogy in Action
Publications
Books
- , 2nd Edition (2022,orig 2016). D獺na-Ain Davis and Christa Craven. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Press.
- (2019), in Gender and Sexualities in Psychology Book Series (Elizabeth Peel and Elizabeth Stokoe, eds.), Routledge Press. Companion Website:
- (2013), Christa Craven & D獺na-Ain Davis, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
- (2010). Temple University Press, Philadelphia.
Articles
- Writing in Community:Relationship Building and Accountability in Knowledge Production / Escribir en Comunidad: Construcci籀n de Relaciones y Responsabilidad en la Producci籀n de Conocimiento (reviewer and coauthor with Jordi A. Rivera Prince, Emily M. Blackwood, Madeleine Landrum, Elizabeth L. Rodgers, Emily B. P. Milton, Monica Barnes, Elizabeth Chin, Christa Craven, Kristina Douglass, Mar穩a Jos矇 Figuerero Torres, Mar穩a A. Guti矇rrez, Sarah Herr, Lisa Hodgetts, Kirk A. Maasch, Kylie E. Quave, Danilyn Rutherford, and Daniel H. Sandweiss). American Anthropologist. (English) and (Spanish).
- Queering Reproduction (with Nessette Falu) in A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology (2023), Cecilia Van Hollen and Nayantara Appleton, eds. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
- LGBTQ+ Family-Building: Challenges & Opportunity, Profile in Open Access Textbook (2022), Deborah P. Amory; Sean G. Massey; Jennifer Miller; and Allison P. Brown, eds. NY: State University of New York. Licensed under a, except where otherwise noted.
- (2021), in Feminist Anthropology, Special Issue on the Cite Black Women Collective 2(1): 120-129.
- Losing a Child: Death & Hidden Losses in LGBTQ-Parent Families (with Katherine R. Allen), in LGBTQ-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice (2020), 2nd Edition, Abbie E. Goldberg and Katherine R. Allen, eds. New York: Springer.
- Feminist Ethnography (with D獺na-Ain Davis), in Companion to Feminist Studies (2020, complement to the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies), Nancy Naples, ed. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Infertility and Reproductive Loss, inThe SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (2016), Abbie E. Goldberg, ed., pp. 584-587. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
- 2010 Downplaying Difference: Historical Accounts of African American Midwives and Contemporary Struggles for Midwifery (co-authored with Mara Glatzel, Wooster Alumna 07).Feminist Studies, Summer 2010.
- 2007 A Consumers Right to Choose a Midwife: Shifting Meanings for Reproductive Rights Under Neoliberalism.American Anthropologist109(4): 701-712.
- 2005 Claiming Respectable American Motherhood: Homebirth Mothers, Medical Officials, and the State.Medical Anthropology Quarterly19(2): 194-215.
Professional Affiliations
- American Anthropological Association, 1995-Present (AAA Governance Commission 2005-2007)
- Association for Feminist Anthropology, 1995-Present
- Council on Anthropology and Reproduction, 1999-Present
- Association for Queer Anthropology (formerly, Society of Lesbian & Gay Anthropologists), 1999-Present, (Co-Chair 2004-2005)
- National Women’s Studies Association, 2005-Present