SELECTED LECTURES AND TALKS
2024
"Research Based Initiatives to Address Gender-Based Violence in U.S. and French Universities." Invited keynote and panel presentation, Sciences Po, Paris, France, April 17, 2024.
2023
"Birthing Death: What Infant and Maternal Mortality Reveal About Social Inequality." Invited keynote presentation at the conference Technodeath: Reproductive Technologies and the Remaking of Life and Death, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24, 2023.
"Babylost: Narrating Infant Death in a World of Numbers." Lansdowne Lecture, University of Victoria, February 28 2023.
2022
"Love, Rage, and Dreams: bell hooks on Reproductive Freedom." Invited keynote presentation, Berea College, September 21, 2022.
2021
"Babylost: An Infant Mortality Alphabet Book." Presented at the conference Critical Conversations on Reproductive Health/Care: Past, Present, and Future, Center for Medical Humanities and Social Science, Johns Hopkins University, February 3, 2021.
2020
"Babylost: Reframing Infant Mortality." Presented at the conference Caring About Mothers Before, During, and After COVID, International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2020. [Conference held virtually due to COVID]
2019
“Trajectories of Trauma: Implications for Theory and Practice.” Invited keynote presentation at the conference Towards a Trauma-Informed Classroom and Community, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, October 26, 2019.
“Babylost: An Infant Mortality Alphabet Book.” Invited presentation in the “Life and Death” seminar series, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, New Brunswick, NJ, October 8, 2019.
2018
"Putting Sexual Assault in Context: Moving From the Individual to the Movement." Invited keynote presentation at #MeToo Moves Forward: Coming Together to Reclaim Our Voices and Power, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, June 24, 2018.
"Hybrid Ethnography: Observing Humans and Elephants in (Un)Natural Spaces." Presented at meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, Long Beach, California, March 28.
"What Does Elephant Trauma Have To Do With Humans?" Invited presentation, Faculty Lecture Series, University of Arizona Prison Initiative, Arizona State Prison Complex, Tucson, Arizona, March 16.
2017
"Researching Trauma in Humans and Nonhumans: Social and Ethical Issues." 2017 NSCS Ethics Lecture, Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, October 26.
"What Is Trauma?" Invited keynote presentation, Blurring the Boundaries: Trauma and Healing Justice Symposium, American Friends Service Committee/YWCA, Tucson, Arizona, May 31.
"Eliminating Violence Against Women On and Off College Campuses: Challenges and Opportunities." Invited presentation, Pima Canyon, Tucson, Arizona, April 18.
"Babylost: An Infant Mortality Alphabet Book." Invited Author Meets Critics Session, Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon, April 7.
2016
"Pedagogies of Trauma in the Neoliberal University." Critical Librarianship and Pedagogy Symposium, University of Arizona, February 26, 2016.
"The Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality: Race, Survival, and Reproductive Justice." Women's and Gender Studies, Texas A&M University, February 23, 2016.
2015
"Social Dimensions of Reproductive Health." Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona, October 21, 2015.
"Elephants Tales: A Lesson in Trauma." Honors College SmartTalk, University of Arizona, October 21, 2015.
Panelist for the "New Media Activism" panel at the conference New Articulations/New Translations: Feminist Research Activism, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, March 26.
2014
"Subject to Loss: Puerto Rican Infant Death in Transnational Context." Presented at meetings of the National Women's Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 14.
"Gender, Race, and Women's Health." Presented at the Women's Health Research: Sex and Gender Differences Symposium, University of Arizona, September 5.
“Porous: Thinking Through Bodies and Borders.” Presented at the Honors Interdisciplinary Conference: Rethinking Borders Through the Body, University of Arizona, April 15.
2013
"Living In Our Bodies." Invited presentation at Convergences, "The Body: (Dis)Integrations and Interventions," Department of English, University of Arizona, September 6, 2013.
"Lynching the Elephant: On Animality, Trauma, and the Racialized Spectacle." Presentation at the Somatechnics International Conference, Linkoping University, Sweden, June 17.
"The Infant Mortality Rate as Portable Abacus." Invited presentation in the School of Sociology Brownbag Series, University of Arizona, March 8.
"Mediating Feminisms: Politics of Online Publishing." Invited presentation at the Deep Dish Lunchtime Lectures, Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona, March 7.
2010
"Trauma and Human Rights." Invited presentation for Human Rights in China: Seminar on Multi-Disciplinary Human Rights Research from China. Organized by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Oslo, Norway, November 3.
"Phantom Babies and Spectral Women: Infant Mortality, Maternal/Child Health, and Women's Empowerment." Invited presentation in the Centre for STS Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, October 29.
"On Babies, Bodies, and Pregnant Women: What's Wrong with Maternal/Infant Health?" Annual Mary Edwards Lecture, Purchase College, SUNY, April 22.
"Accounting for Death: Unraveling the Infant Mortality Rate." Invited presentation in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, April 26.
2009
"Pharmaceutical Bodies: Politics of the HPV Vaccine for Cervical Cancer." Bringing the Body Back In Conference, SWS/University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, April 3.
"Socio-Political Context, Marketing, and Social Messages of the HPV Vaccine." Invited lecture at the HPV Forum, University of Arizona College of Public Health, Tucson, AZ, April 1.
"Phantom Babies: The Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality." Invited lecture at Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 14.
"Teaching Gender, Health, and Medicine: Revealing Bodies in Biopolitical Worlds." Invited lecture in the College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, March 12.
"Body Politics: Private Tales of a Public Feminist." Green Honors Lecture, Women's Studies Program and Institute on Women and Gender, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, January 14.
2007
"Disembodied Knowledge and the Hidden Politics of Infant Mortality." Presented at the Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Science (FEMMSS) Conference Knowledge That Matters, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 8-10.
"Ignoring Millions of Women, Millions of Children: How the Debate About Abortion and Maternity Care Ignores Issues of Pregnancy Loss and Infant Mortality." Invited panel presentation for the National Summit to Ensure the Health and Humanity of Pregnant and Birthing Women, Atlanta, GA, January 18-21.
2005
"A Tale of Two Technologies: Local and Global Politics of Sterilization." Presented at the conference Reproductive Disruptions: Childlessness, Adoption, and Other Reproductive Complexities, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 19-22.
"Hierarchies of Contraception: Local and Global Politics of Women's Sterilization." Presented at the conference Women and Power, Women's Studies Program, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 3-5.
"Body Politics: Looking at Science, Technology, and Medicine Through a Feminist Lens." Invited lecture for the Thinking Out of the Lunch Box Series, Vanderbilt University/Nashville Public Library, Nashville, TN, March 2.
2004
"Bombs, Bodies, and Borders: Public Health, Chemical Weapons, and the Quest for Security." Invited lecture for the series Cultural Explorations on Medical Frontiers, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, January 5.
"Research Based Initiatives to Address Gender-Based Violence in U.S. and French Universities." Invited keynote and panel presentation, Sciences Po, Paris, France, April 17, 2024.
2023
"Birthing Death: What Infant and Maternal Mortality Reveal About Social Inequality." Invited keynote presentation at the conference Technodeath: Reproductive Technologies and the Remaking of Life and Death, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24, 2023.
"Babylost: Narrating Infant Death in a World of Numbers." Lansdowne Lecture, University of Victoria, February 28 2023.
2022
"Love, Rage, and Dreams: bell hooks on Reproductive Freedom." Invited keynote presentation, Berea College, September 21, 2022.
2021
"Babylost: An Infant Mortality Alphabet Book." Presented at the conference Critical Conversations on Reproductive Health/Care: Past, Present, and Future, Center for Medical Humanities and Social Science, Johns Hopkins University, February 3, 2021.
2020
"Babylost: Reframing Infant Mortality." Presented at the conference Caring About Mothers Before, During, and After COVID, International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2020. [Conference held virtually due to COVID]
2019
“Trajectories of Trauma: Implications for Theory and Practice.” Invited keynote presentation at the conference Towards a Trauma-Informed Classroom and Community, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, October 26, 2019.
“Babylost: An Infant Mortality Alphabet Book.” Invited presentation in the “Life and Death” seminar series, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, New Brunswick, NJ, October 8, 2019.
2018
"Putting Sexual Assault in Context: Moving From the Individual to the Movement." Invited keynote presentation at #MeToo Moves Forward: Coming Together to Reclaim Our Voices and Power, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, June 24, 2018.
"Hybrid Ethnography: Observing Humans and Elephants in (Un)Natural Spaces." Presented at meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, Long Beach, California, March 28.
"What Does Elephant Trauma Have To Do With Humans?" Invited presentation, Faculty Lecture Series, University of Arizona Prison Initiative, Arizona State Prison Complex, Tucson, Arizona, March 16.
2017
"Researching Trauma in Humans and Nonhumans: Social and Ethical Issues." 2017 NSCS Ethics Lecture, Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, October 26.
"What Is Trauma?" Invited keynote presentation, Blurring the Boundaries: Trauma and Healing Justice Symposium, American Friends Service Committee/YWCA, Tucson, Arizona, May 31.
"Eliminating Violence Against Women On and Off College Campuses: Challenges and Opportunities." Invited presentation, Pima Canyon, Tucson, Arizona, April 18.
"Babylost: An Infant Mortality Alphabet Book." Invited Author Meets Critics Session, Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon, April 7.
2016
"Pedagogies of Trauma in the Neoliberal University." Critical Librarianship and Pedagogy Symposium, University of Arizona, February 26, 2016.
"The Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality: Race, Survival, and Reproductive Justice." Women's and Gender Studies, Texas A&M University, February 23, 2016.
2015
"Social Dimensions of Reproductive Health." Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona, October 21, 2015.
"Elephants Tales: A Lesson in Trauma." Honors College SmartTalk, University of Arizona, October 21, 2015.
Panelist for the "New Media Activism" panel at the conference New Articulations/New Translations: Feminist Research Activism, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, March 26.
2014
"Subject to Loss: Puerto Rican Infant Death in Transnational Context." Presented at meetings of the National Women's Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 14.
"Gender, Race, and Women's Health." Presented at the Women's Health Research: Sex and Gender Differences Symposium, University of Arizona, September 5.
“Porous: Thinking Through Bodies and Borders.” Presented at the Honors Interdisciplinary Conference: Rethinking Borders Through the Body, University of Arizona, April 15.
2013
"Living In Our Bodies." Invited presentation at Convergences, "The Body: (Dis)Integrations and Interventions," Department of English, University of Arizona, September 6, 2013.
"Lynching the Elephant: On Animality, Trauma, and the Racialized Spectacle." Presentation at the Somatechnics International Conference, Linkoping University, Sweden, June 17.
"The Infant Mortality Rate as Portable Abacus." Invited presentation in the School of Sociology Brownbag Series, University of Arizona, March 8.
"Mediating Feminisms: Politics of Online Publishing." Invited presentation at the Deep Dish Lunchtime Lectures, Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona, March 7.
2010
"Trauma and Human Rights." Invited presentation for Human Rights in China: Seminar on Multi-Disciplinary Human Rights Research from China. Organized by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Oslo, Norway, November 3.
"Phantom Babies and Spectral Women: Infant Mortality, Maternal/Child Health, and Women's Empowerment." Invited presentation in the Centre for STS Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, October 29.
"On Babies, Bodies, and Pregnant Women: What's Wrong with Maternal/Infant Health?" Annual Mary Edwards Lecture, Purchase College, SUNY, April 22.
"Accounting for Death: Unraveling the Infant Mortality Rate." Invited presentation in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, April 26.
2009
"Pharmaceutical Bodies: Politics of the HPV Vaccine for Cervical Cancer." Bringing the Body Back In Conference, SWS/University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, April 3.
"Socio-Political Context, Marketing, and Social Messages of the HPV Vaccine." Invited lecture at the HPV Forum, University of Arizona College of Public Health, Tucson, AZ, April 1.
"Phantom Babies: The Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality." Invited lecture at Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 14.
"Teaching Gender, Health, and Medicine: Revealing Bodies in Biopolitical Worlds." Invited lecture in the College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, March 12.
"Body Politics: Private Tales of a Public Feminist." Green Honors Lecture, Women's Studies Program and Institute on Women and Gender, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, January 14.
2007
"Disembodied Knowledge and the Hidden Politics of Infant Mortality." Presented at the Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Science (FEMMSS) Conference Knowledge That Matters, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 8-10.
"Ignoring Millions of Women, Millions of Children: How the Debate About Abortion and Maternity Care Ignores Issues of Pregnancy Loss and Infant Mortality." Invited panel presentation for the National Summit to Ensure the Health and Humanity of Pregnant and Birthing Women, Atlanta, GA, January 18-21.
2005
"A Tale of Two Technologies: Local and Global Politics of Sterilization." Presented at the conference Reproductive Disruptions: Childlessness, Adoption, and Other Reproductive Complexities, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 19-22.
"Hierarchies of Contraception: Local and Global Politics of Women's Sterilization." Presented at the conference Women and Power, Women's Studies Program, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 3-5.
"Body Politics: Looking at Science, Technology, and Medicine Through a Feminist Lens." Invited lecture for the Thinking Out of the Lunch Box Series, Vanderbilt University/Nashville Public Library, Nashville, TN, March 2.
2004
"Bombs, Bodies, and Borders: Public Health, Chemical Weapons, and the Quest for Security." Invited lecture for the series Cultural Explorations on Medical Frontiers, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, January 5.