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Lindsey Breitwieser

Lindsey Breitwieser

Chairperson and Assistant Professor

Lindsey Breitwieser Lindsay Breitwieser

Dr. Breitwieser is the chairperson of and an assistant professor in Gender and Women’s Studies. She has expertise in feminist theory, science and technology studies, and disability studies with special interest in end-of-life decision-making. Her current book project explores the ethics and politics of brain death during pregnancy with the continuation of fetal development in utero. She enjoys teaching courses on the intersections of science and technology, social relations, knowledge production, and the bodymind.

Areas of Expertise

  • Feminist Science and Technology Studies
  • Medical Humanities
  • Disability Studies
  • Anti- and Post-Humanisms
  • Reproductive Justice
  • Mental Health, Madness, and Cognition
  • Disordered Eating and Fat Studies

Courses Taught

  • Intro to Gender and Women’s Studies
  • Intro to Disability Studies
  • Eureka! The Social Study of Science
  • Reproductive Justice
  • Mad in America
  • Gender and Science
  • Gender, Beauty, and Body Modification
  • An Interdisciplinary View of Reproductive Health in Kenya
  • Senior Seminar in GWS

Accomplishments

  • Co-chair of the National Women’s Studies Association
  • Feminist Science and Technology Studies Task Force
  • Institute for Citizens and Scholars Fellow
  • Marian Mullin Hancock Teaching Award Recipient
  • Establishment of the Hollins Against Period Poverty Initiative (HAPPI) alongside Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., and the Hollins University Black Alumnae
    Grant co-management of a US Department of State IDEAS Grant for undergraduate study abroad programming in Kenya
  • Fellow of the Institute for Citizens and Scholars
Research Interests
  • Queer of Color Anti- and Post-Humanism
  • Reproductive Justice
  • Mental Health, Madness, and Cognition
  • For information on Gender & Women’s Studies’ collaboration with Public Health to study reproductive health in Kenya, see https://kenya.hollins.edu/.

Education

  • Ph.D., Indiana University
  • M.A., Indiana University
  • B.A., College of Charleston

Publications & Articles