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
- Lindsey Breitwieser and Jocelyne Scott.
- Landon Schnabel, Lindsey Breitwieser, and Amelia Hawbaker.
- “Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics” https://theconversation.com/keeping-brain-dead-pregnant-women-on-life-support-raises-ethical-issues-that-go-beyond-abortion-politics-258457
- “Femininity, Body Size, and (Mis)Fitting in Rock Climbing Culture” https://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2021.2006959
- “Subjectivity in Feminist Science and Technology Studies: Implications and Applications for Sociological Research” https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12364