Degrees
- B.A., New College, 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,聽orig 2016). D谩na-Ain Davis and Christa Craven. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Press.
- (2019), in 鈥淕ender and Sexualities in Psychology鈥 Book Series (Elizabeth Peel and Elizabeth Stokoe, eds.), Routledge Press. Companion Website:
- (2013), Christa Craven & D谩na-Ain Davis, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
- (2010). Temple University Press, Philadelphia.
Articles
- 鈥淨ueering Reproduction鈥 (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.
- 鈥淟GBTQ+ Family-Building: Challenges & Opportunity,鈥 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聽, except where otherwise noted.
- (2021), in Feminist Anthropology, Special Issue on the Cite Black Women Collective 2(1): 120-129.
- 鈥淟osing a Child: Death & Hidden Losses in LGBTQ-Parent Families鈥 (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.
- 鈥淔eminist Ethnography鈥 (with D谩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.
- 鈥淚nfertility and Reproductive Loss,鈥 in聽The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (2016), Abbie E. Goldberg, ed., pp. 584-587.聽 Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
- 2010 鈥淒ownplaying Difference: Historical Accounts of African American Midwives and Contemporary Struggles for Midwifery鈥 (co-authored with Mara Glatzel, 果酱视频 Alumna 鈥07).聽Feminist Studies, Summer 2010.
- 2007 A 鈥淐onsumer鈥檚 Right鈥 to Choose a Midwife: Shifting Meanings for Reproductive Rights Under Neoliberalism.聽American Anthropologist聽109(4): 701-712.
- 2005 Claiming Respectable American Motherhood: Homebirth Mothers, Medical Officials, and the State.聽Medical Anthropology Quarterly聽19(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