Race, Gender, Sexuality, Environment: The Science and Politics of Reproductive Health<\/p>\n
SPECIAL TOPICS IN GENDER & HEALTH (GWS 533)<\/p>\n
RACE, GENDER, SEXUALITY, ENVIRONMENT: THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
\nFALL 2014<\/p>\n
Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-2:15 PM<\/p>\n
INSTRUCTOR<\/p>\n
Annie Menzel, PhC, CPM<\/p>\n
Email: acmenzel@uw.edu<\/p>\n
Office: Sterling 3323, 475 North Charter Street<\/p>\n
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 4-5 PM, and by appointment<\/p>\n
COURSE DESCRIPTION<\/p>\n
The aim of this course is to provide students with the materials necessary to understand the contemporary science and politics of reproductive health, broadly construed, in North America. Students will engage with case studies, scholarship, and theory from a variety of literatures relevant to public health: ecology, epidemiology, feminist and queer theory, critical race studies, gender\/sexuality studies, activist and policy analyses, and historical and contemporary primary sources. We will explore a variety of experiences and meanings of reproductive health, as well as the relationships between health\/disease and racism, poverty, sexism, hetero- and cis-normativity, colonization, incarceration, and environmental degradation.<\/p>\n
Building on the course materials, each student will investigate, and produce a policy brief about, a specific reproductive health issue, policy, or program at the national, state, local, or community level.<\/p>\n
To deepen student engagement with the material and the world of policy and political action that it reflects, some of the units will feature guest speakers. These include a representative from Planned Parenthood USA, a local midwife on midwifery as reproductive justice activism, a midwife who specializes in LGBTQ fertility services, and a guest speaker from the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network.<\/p>\n
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES<\/p>\n
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Think through the different forms, scales, and meanings of power that shape reproductive health and illness<\/p>\n
\u2022 Understand how histories of racial, sexual, gender, economic, and colonial domination and resistance continue to impact reproductive health in the present<\/p>\n
\u2022 Use the frameworks of embodiment, reproductive justice, and biopolitics to understand the combination of power relations and material realities that produce states of reproductive health and disease.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Understand historical and contemporary research in the fields of public health, epidemiology, medicine, and health policy, reading appreciatively as well as critically<\/p>\n
\u2022 Synthesize aspects of both empirical and critical analytical literature in order to assess public health policies and programs aimed at improving reproductive health.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Carry out an independent analysis of a contemporary problem related to reproductive health, survey existing public health, medical, and social science literature, and produce a policy brief<\/p>\n
GRADES<\/p>\n
Student grades will be based on the following:<\/p>\n
Final grades will be assessed in the following manner:<\/p>\n
Item<\/p>\n
%<\/p>\n
Due Date<\/p>\n
Participation<\/p>\n
10%<\/p>\n
Ongoing, every class<\/p>\n
Reading Responses<\/p>\n
20%<\/p>\n
Due by 9 pm MW, before every class session for which reading is assigned<\/p>\n
Policy Brief Project<\/p>\n
Polished draft of proposal and bibliography<\/p>\n
Revised proposal and bibliography<\/p>\n
Polished draft of policy brief<\/p>\n
Final draft of policy brief<\/p>\n
50%<\/p>\n
}20%<\/p>\n
}25%<\/p>\n
2\/21\/14<\/p>\n
3\/12\/14<\/p>\n
4\/4\/14<\/p>\n
4\/21\/14<\/p>\n
Policy Brief presentation<\/p>\n
Final exam<\/p>\n
5%<\/p>\n
20%<\/p>\n
4\/8-4\/15 (you will sign up for a date)<\/p>\n
5\/15\/15, 2:45-4:45 pm<\/p>\n
A=93-100 B=83-87 C=70-77<\/p>\n
AB=88-92 BC=78-82 D=65-69 F=under 65<\/p>\n
COURSE REQUIREMENTS<\/p>\n
Course Materials<\/p>\n
\u2022 Coursepack Assigned readings, taken from journals, selections from books, and policy briefs, are available as a course pack at StudentPrint. They are also downloadable in PDF form on Learn@UW.<\/p>\n
StudentPrint is located at 333 East Campus Mall, Suite 3301. Coursepacks must be ordered in person, and will be ready the following day.<\/p>\n
\u2022 PDFs to be downloaded from Learn@UW:<\/p>\n
o The Reproductive Justice Briefing Book. Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective and the Pro-Choice Public Education Project, 2007.<\/p>\n
o Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA. Amnesty International, 2010.<\/p>\n
o Zimmerman, Kristen and Vera Miao. Fertile Ground: Women Organizing at the Intersection<\/p>\n
of Environmental Justice and Reproductive Justice. Movement Strategy Center, 2009.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Additional short readings, links, and films on Learn@UW as noted on syllabus<\/p>\n
Exams and Assignments<\/p>\n
\u2022 You are expected to complete the reading(s) before each class, and bring the reading(s) to class.<\/p>\n
\u2022 You must complete a daily reading response before each class. Detailed instructions for the response follow the course schedule below.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The reproductive health policy brief project will identify of a problem with a specific reproductive health issue, policy, or program at the state, local, or community level; explain why and for whom it is a problem; synthesize recent literature on the topic, including at least 10 sources (5 peer-reviewed and 7 not on the syllabus); and offer specific and feasible recommendations for policy change. This assignment consists of two parts: the policy brief proposal, including a bibliography, and the policy brief itself. Each of these assignments entail the submission of a polished draft, feedback and conference with the Writing Fellows, and a revised final draft with a coversheet explaining your revisions. You will also make a 5-minute in-class presentation of your policy brief shortly before the final draft is due, and evaluate your classmates\u2019 policy briefs. Instructions for the assignment will be handed out in class on 2\/4.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The final exam is scheduled on 5\/15 from 2:45-4:45 pm.<\/p>\n
Participation<\/p>\n
Because the discussion of readings is a major component of this course, you will be graded on your preparation for and involvement in class. This approach asks that you engage fully with the material and explore your own beliefs about the topics covered.<\/p>\n
We will frequently do short in-class assignments. I will often collect these for a participation grade.<\/p>\n
Participation will also be assessed from the quality of your engagement in small-group discussions.<\/p>\n
Attendance<\/p>\n
Attendance in this class is required and essential for our community learning process. I will not take attendance daily, but absences can hurt your grade in various ways. Most directly, if you are not present, you will lose that day\u2019s opportunity for participation points. Also, lecture notes and PowerPoint slides will not be posted online or shared, and these will always comprise at least some information not contained in the readings (if you must miss class, please obtain notes from a classmate or meet with me to discuss what you missed).<\/p>\n
Religious Holidays: Absences due to religious holidays will not be penalized. However, you must inform me at least one week in advance if you are missing a class for religious reasons, and you are responsible for finding out what happened in class that day and for turning in assignments.<\/p>\n
Classroom Conduct<\/p>\n
Please respect your fellow students\u2019 right to a quiet and non-distracting learning environment. Cell phone use, websurfing, texting, IMing, and other distractions of modern life are not allowed during class. Please turn off your phone as soon as you enter the classroom.<\/p>\n
Late and Missed Assignments<\/p>\n
Assignments handed in or emailed after the specified due date and time will be deducted 5 percentage points per 24 hours. For example, if an assignment is passed in one day late, the highest possible grade that the student could earn would be a 95 rather than an 100; it the assignment is two dates late, the highest possible grade would be an 90. I will not accept assignments more than five days after the original due date. After five days, you will receive an “F” for that portion of your grade. Incomplete final grades will not be given EXCEPT in situations of serious illness or family emergency, which must be documented.<\/p>\n
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS<\/p>\n
Where to Take Concerns about the Course<\/p>\n
If you have questions or concerns about course content, your grade, or any other important issue related to this class, by all means, speak to me. If the question or concern is still not resolved, or if you do not feel comfortable speaking with me directly about your concern, make an appointment with the Chair of the Gender & Women\u2019s Studies Department, Dr. Judith Houck, by emailing jahouck@wisc.edu. She will attempt to resolve the issue and inform you of the Appeals Procedure if no resolution is reached informally.<\/p>\n
Academic Integrity<\/p>\n
Academic integrity is critical to maintaining fair and knowledge based learning at UW-Madison. Academic dishonesty is a serious violation and will have serious consequences, per university policy.<\/p>\n
If you present the words or ides of others without giving them proper credit, you are guilty of plagiarism. It is your responsibility to learn what constitutes plagiarism and the correct rules for citing sources. Please refer to the Dean of Students\u2019 web page for further information: www.wisc.edu\/students\/amsum.htm<\/p>\n
Disability Access<\/p>\n
In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations in GWS 533, students must first be registered with the McBurney Disability Resource Center (http:\/\/www.mcburney.wisc.edu\/). Students who have or think they may have a disability are invited to contact the McBurney Center for a confidential discussion at 608-263-2741 (phone), 608-225-7956 (text), or by email at mcburney@studentlife.wisc.edu.<\/p>\n
If you have already registered with the McBurney Center, and if you wish to request any accommodations on the basis of disability, you should schedule an office appointment with me within the first two weeks of the semester (by Thursday, January 31). Please schedule this office appointment through the online scheduling assistant (see page 1) or, if necessary, by email. To maintain the confidentiality of your request, please do not approach me before or after class to discuss your accommodation needs. You should bring a copy of your service plan to our meeting.<\/p>\n
COURSE SCHEDULE<\/p>\n
Session 1 \u2013 Introduction to Class<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
1\/21 Readings: None<\/p>\n
Assignment:<\/p>\n
Reproductive health knowledge and syllabus feedback (in class)<\/p>\n
Session 2 \u2013 Conceptualizing reproductive health I: Embodiments<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
1\/23 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Krieger, Nancy. Embodiment: a conceptual glossary for epidemiology. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 59 (2005): 350\u2013355.<\/p>\n
2. Lupton, Peggy. \u2018Precious cargo\u2019: foetal subjects, risk and reproductive citizenship. Critical Public Health Vol. 22, No. 3 (September 2012): 329\u2013340.<\/p>\n
Session 3 \u2013 Conceptualizing reproductive health II: Reproductive justice<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
1\/28 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Smith, Andrea. Beyond Pro-Choice Versus Pro-Life: Women of Color and Reproductive Justice. Feminist Formations, Volume 17, Number 1 (Spring 2005): 119-140.<\/p>\n
2. The Reproductive Justice Briefing Book:<\/p>\n
4-8, 34-49, 52-58, 62, 77-78<\/p>\n
Session 4 \u2013 Conceptualizing reproductive health III: Biopolitics: sex, race, and science<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
1\/30 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. McWhorter, Ladelle. Racism and Sexual Oppression in Anglo-America: A Genealogy, 141-195. Bloomington, IN: U of Indiana Press, 2009.<\/p>\n
Session 5 \u2013 Policy Brief Project Workshop<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
2\/4 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Sample policy briefs from prior GWS 533 students (on Learn@UW)<\/p>\n
2. One reproductive health policy brief that you find online (see assignment below)<\/p>\n
3. Video lecture: The Art and Craft of Policy Briefs, link on Learn@UW<\/p>\n
ASSIGNMENT: Search for a reproductive health-related policy brief online: print, read, and bring to class<\/p>\n
Session 6 \u2013Sterilization I: Eugenics<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
2\/6 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Schoen, Joanna. Choice & Coercion: Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare, 75-103. Chapel Hill, NC: U of NC Press, 2005.<\/p>\n
2. Laughlin, Harry. Eugenical Sterilization in the United States. v, 12, 31-32, 92-96, 292-300, 338-339, 341-342, 348-350, 446-447, 451.Chicago: Psychopathic Laboratory of the Municipal Court of Chicago, 1922.<\/p>\n
Session 7 \u2013 Sterilization II: Race, class, and public health<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
2\/11 Readings for assignment:<\/p>\n
1. Schoen, Joanna. Choice & Coercion: Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare, 103-138. Chapel Hill, NC: U of NC Press, 2005.<\/p>\n
2. Stern, Alexandra Minna. Sterilized in the Name of Public Health: Race, Immigration, and Reproductive Control in Modern California. American Journal of Public Health 95:7 (2005): 1128-1138.<\/p>\n
Session 8 \u2013Sterilization III: Sterilization and colonial subjects<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
2\/13 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Briggs, Laura. Discourses of \u2018Forced Sterilization\u2019 in Puerto Rico: The Problem with the Speaking Subaltern. Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies. 10:2 (1998): 30-66.<\/p>\n
2. Silliman, Jael, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross, and Elena Gutierrez. Ch. 6, Native American Women Resist Genocide and Organize for Reproductive Rights, in Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice, 105-117. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2004.<\/p>\n
Session 9 \u2013 LGBTQ Health I: Public health approaches<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
2\/18 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. CDC. HIV among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control, 2010.<\/p>\n
2. Young RM, Meyer IH. The trouble with “MSM” and “WSW”: Erasure of the sexual-minority person in public health discourse. American Journal of Public Health 95:7 (2005):1144-1149.<\/p>\n
3. Mayer KH, Bradford JB, Makadon HJ, Stall R, Goldhammer H, Landers S. Sexual and gender minority health: What we know and what needs to be done. American Journal of Public Health 98:6(2008): 989-995.<\/p>\n
Session 10 \u2013 LGBTQ Health II: LGBTQ Youth<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
2\/20 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Brill, Stephanie and Jennifer Hastings. Transgender Youth: Providing Medical Treatment for a Misunderstood Population. National Women\u2019s Health Network, 2008.<\/p>\n
2. Savin-Williams, Ritch and Kenneth M. Cohen. Development of Same-Sex Attracted Youth. In The Health of Sexual Minorities: Public Health Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations, edited by Ilan Meyer and Mary Northridge, 27-47. New York: Springer, 2007.<\/p>\n
3. Ryan, Caitlin, David Heubner, Rafael Diaz, and Jorge Sanchez. \u201cFamily Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults.\u201d Pediatrics 123 (2009): 346-352.<\/p>\n
4. Wyss, Shannon. \u2018This was my hell\u2019: the violence experienced by gender non\u2010conforming youth in US high schools. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 17:5 (2004), 709-730.<\/p>\n
In-class film and discussion: I Am Jazz<\/p>\n
ASSIGNMENT: Polished Draft of Policy Brief Proposal and Bibliography due by FRIDAY, 2\/21 at 5 pm (Dropbox and hard copy)<\/p>\n
Session 11 \u2013 LGBTQ Health III: Queer and Trans Persons and Incarceration<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
2\/25<\/p>\n
Readings:<\/p>\n
From Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, edited by Eric and Nat Smith. Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2011.<\/p>\n
1. Wesley Ware, \u201cRounding Up the Homosexuals,\u201d 77-83<\/p>\n
2. Michelle Potts, \u201cRegulatory Sites,\u201d 99-109<\/p>\n
3. Lori Saffin, \u201cIdentities Under Seige,\u201d 141-157<\/p>\n
4. Clifton Goring\/Candi Raine Sweet, \u201cBeing an Incarcerated Transperson,\u201d 185-187<\/p>\n
5. Lori Girshick, \u201cOut of Compliance,\u201d 189-206<\/p>\n
Screening and Discussion: Orange is the New Black, episode 3, selections<\/p>\n
Session 12 \u2013 LGBT Health IV: Transforming models of care<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
2\/27 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Ard, Kevin L, and Harvey J Makadon. Improving the Health of LGBT People: Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities. The National LGBT Health Education Center, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 2012<\/p>\n
2. Hansmann, Christopher. Training Disservice: The Productive Potential and Structural Limitations of Health as a Terrain for Trans Activism. In A. Finn Enke, ed., Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies, 112-132. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2012.<\/p>\n
Session 13 \u2013 Pregnancy\/Birth and Difference I: Lesbian and Gender-Nonconforming Pregnancy\/Birth\/Breastfeeding<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
3\/4<\/p>\n
Readings:<\/p>\n
1. R\u00f6ndahl G, Bruhner E, Lindhe J. Heteronormative communication with lesbian families in antenatal care, childbirth and postnatal care. J Adv Nurs 65:11 (Nov 2009): 2337-44.<\/p>\n
2. Marina S, Marina D, Marina F, Fosas N, Galiana N, Jov\u00e9 I. Sharing motherhood: biological lesbian co-mothers, a new IVF indication Hum Reprod 25:4 (Apr 2010): 938-41.<\/p>\n
3. Ehrensaft D. Just Molly and me, and donor makes three: lesbian motherhood in the age of assisted reproductive technology. J Lesbian Stud.12: 2-3 (2008):161-78.<\/p>\n
4. MacDonald, Trevor, \u201cMilk Junkies\u201d blog (http:\/\/www.milkjunkies.net\/)<\/p>\n
o \u201cMy Story,\u201d http:\/\/www.milkjunkies.net\/p\/my-story.html<\/p>\n
o \u201cMy LLL Rejection Letter\u201d (August 16, 2012)<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.milkjunkies.net\/2012\/08\/my-lll-rejection-letter.html<\/p>\n
o \u201cTransgender Women and Breastfeeding: A Personal Interview\u201d (May 9, 2013)<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.milkjunkies.net\/2013\/05\/trans-women-and-breastfeeding-personal.html<\/p>\n
o \u201cA Transgender Patient in the ER: 12 Hours\u201d (Dec. 6, 2013)<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.milkjunkies.net\/<\/p>\n
Guest Presentation: Kristin Kali, Maia Midwifery Services<\/p>\n
Session 14 \u2013 Pregnancy\/birth and difference II: Racial Inequities in Maternal Mortality and Health<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
3\/6 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Amnesty International. Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA. London: Amnesty International Publications, 2010.<\/p>\n
Session 15 \u2013 Pregnancy\/birth and Difference III: Infant Mortality and Intergenerational Impacts of Racism<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
3\/11 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Dominguez, Tyan Parker. Adverse birth outcomes in African American women: The social context of persistent reproductive disadvantage. Social Work in Public Health 26:1 (2010): 3-16.<\/p>\n
2. Nuru-Jeter, A. Dominguez, T., Hammond, W.P.,Leu, J. Skaff, M., Egerter, S. Jones, C., Braveman, P. It\u2019s the Skin You\u2019re In: African American Women Talk About their Experiences of Racism. An Exploratory Study to Develop Measures of Racism for Birth Outcome Studies. Maternal and Child Health Journal 13:1 (2008): 29-39.<\/p>\n
3. Lu, Michael et al. Closing The Black-White Gap in Birth Outcomes: A Life-Course Approach. Ethnicity and Disease 20:10 Suppl 2 (2010): s2-62\u2013s2-76.<\/p>\n
4. Thayer, Zaneta and Christopher Kuzawa. Biological memories of past environments: Epigenetic pathways to health disparities. Epigenetics 6:7 (2011): 1-6.<\/p>\n
ASSIGNMENT: Final Draft of Policy Brief Proposal and Bibliography due by 5 pm Wednesday, 3\/12<\/p>\n
Session 16 \u2013 Pregnancy\/birth and Difference IV: Criminalizing the Maternal Body<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
3\/13 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. \u201cCrack Baby\u201d findings: http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/The-Culture\/Family\/2013\/0725\/Crack-baby-development-issues-not-side-effect-of-drug-but-poverty<\/p>\n
2. Roberts, Dorothy. Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty, 151-201. New York: Vintage, 1999.<\/p>\n
OR<\/p>\n
3. Paltrow, Lynn and Jeanne Flavin. Arrests of and Forced Interventions on Pregnant Women in the United States, 1973\u20132005: Implications for Women\u2019s Legal Status and Public Health. Journal of Health, Politics, Policy and Law 38: 2 (April 2013): 299-343.<\/p>\n
MARCH 15-23: SPRING RECESS<\/p>\n
Session 17 \u2013 Midwifery and Birth Work I: Histories of race and maternity care<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
3\/25 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Briggs, Laura. The Race of Hysteria: \u201cOvercivilization\u201d and the \u201cSavage\u201d Woman in Late Nineteenth-Century Obstetrics and Gynecology. American Quarterly 52:2 (2000): 246-267.<\/p>\n
2. Fraser, Gertrude. Modern Bodies, Modern Minds: Midwifery and Reproductive Change in an African American Community. In Conceiving the New World Order, edited by Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp, 42-58. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1995.<\/p>\n
Session 18 \u2013 Midwifery and Birth Work II: Midwifery as challenge to dominant systems<\/p>\n
Thurs 3\/27 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Gaskin, Ina May. Spiritual Midwifery, Revised Edition, 9-23, 26-31, 38-45, 50-51, 84-85, 108-109, 116-117, 172-184, 235-237, 278-285, 354-355. Summertown, TN: The Book Publishing Company, 1980.<\/p>\n
2. White, Evelyn and Monroe, Shafia Mawushi, with comments by Alison Jaggar. Lay Midwifery and the Traditional Child-bearing Group. In It Just Ain\u2019t Fair:The Ethics of Health Care for African Americans, edited by Annette Duer and Sara Goering, 208-218. Westport, CT: Praeger Press, 1994.<\/p>\n
Session 19 \u2013 Midwifery and Birth Work III: Racism and midwifery<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
4\/1 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Peacock, Jeramie, Makeda Kamara, et al. Understanding Racism and Oppression Within the Context of Midwifery Culture, Parts I and II. SQUAT Birth Journal (Summer 2012): 18-26; (Winter 2012): 20-23.<\/p>\n
2. Nestel, Cheryl. Delivering subjects: Race, space and the emergence of legalized midwifery in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Law and Society 15:2 (2000): 187, 193-214.<\/p>\n
GUEST PRESENTATION: Tehmina Islam, Licensed Midwife\/Certified Professional Midwife<\/p>\n
Session 20 \u2013 Midwifery and Birth Work IV: Healing and activism<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
4\/3 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Van Wagner, Vicki, Brenda Epoo, Julie Nastapoka, and Evelyn Harney. Reclaiming Birth, Health, and Community: Midwifery in the Inuit Villages of Nunavik, Canada. Journal of Midwifery & Women\u2019s Health. 52:4 (2007): 384-391.<\/p>\n
2. Basile, Monica. Reproductive Justice and Childbirth Reform: Doulas as Agents of Social Change, pp. v-vi, 144-154, 161-162, 167-181, 189-193. PhD Diss, University of Iowa, 2012.<\/p>\n
3. Links on Learn@UW:<\/p>\n
o Jones, Carolyn. Tyrant\u2019s Foe: Caring For Pregnant Women of Color. Texas Observer, Dec. 16, 2013. http:\/\/www.texasobserver.org\/tyrants-foe-caring-pregnant-women-color\/<\/p>\n
o Perez, Miriam Zoila, What Is the Goal of the Doula Movement? RH Reality Check, April 5, 2013, at http:\/\/rhrealitycheck.org\/article\/2013\/04\/05\/what-is-the-goal-of-the-doula-movement\/<\/p>\n
o Websites of woman of color-led midwifery and doula practices<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, 4\/4: Polished draft of policy brief due by 5 pm (Dropbox and hard copy)<\/p>\n
Session 21 \u2013 Policy Brief Presentations<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
4\/8 Readings:<\/p>\n
Student Policy Brief Drafts<\/p>\n
Session 22 \u2013 Policy Brief Presentations<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
4\/10 Readings:<\/p>\n
Student Policy Brief Drafts<\/p>\n
Session 23 \u2013 Policy Brief Presentations<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
4\/15 Readings:<\/p>\n
Student Policy Brief Drafts<\/p>\n
Thursday 4\/17: NO CLASS MEETING DUE TO INSTRUCTOR TRAVEL<\/p>\n
ASSIGNMENT: Finish final draft of policy brief<\/p>\n
FINAL DRAFT OF POLICY BRIEF DUE MONDAY, APRIL 21 by 5 pm (Dropbox and Hard Copy)<\/p>\n
Session 24 \u2013 Abortion I: Before and After Roe<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
4\/22 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Petchesky, Rosalind Pollack. Ch. 7, The Antiabortion Movement and the Rise of the New Right, in Abortion and Woman\u2019s Choice: The State, Sexuality, and Reproductive Freedom, Revised Ed., 241-276. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1990.<\/p>\n
2. Pew Research legal backgrounder: A History of Key Abortion Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court (2013)<\/p>\n
3. Film: Public Eye: Abortion in 1965 (Walter Cronkite special) (Watch on your own) http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=3204142n<\/p>\n
Recommended: From the Reproductive Justice Briefing Book:<\/p>\n
\u201cAbortion Rights & Reproductive Justice\u201d Marlene Fried and Susan Yanow (25-26)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Personal is Political: Abortion Stigma and Reproductive Justice\u201d Grayson Dempsey (27)<\/p>\n
\u201cAbortion Matters to Reproductive Justice!\u201d Leila Hessini, Lonna Hays, Emily Turner and Sarah Packer (79-80)<\/p>\n
Session 25 \u2013 Abortion II: The Current Landscape<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
4\/24 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Jones RK, Kooistra K. Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States, 2008. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 43:1(2011):41-50.<\/p>\n
2. Planned Parenthood, \u201cWomen\u2019s Health Litigation Wins and Losses \u2014 2011, 2012, and 2013\u201d (2013)<\/p>\n
3. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, \u201c2013-2014 Women\u2019s Health Legislation,\u201d http:\/\/www.ppawi.org\/issues\/current-issues-legislation\/2013-14-abortion-restrictions.cmsx<\/p>\n
4. Short additional readings TBA; see Learn@UW<\/p>\n
GUEST PRESENTATION: Amanda Harrington, Planned Parenthood USA<\/p>\n
Session 26 \u2013 Body and\/as Environment I: Embodied ecologies<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
4\/29<\/p>\n
Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Steingraber, Sandra. Having Faith, ix-x, 103-132, 249-281. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 2001.<\/p>\n
Session 27 \u2013 Body and\/as Environment II: Environmental justice and bodily fluids<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
5\/1<\/p>\n
Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Silliman et al, Undivided Rights, Ch. 7: The Milk Project, 123-138 (in coursepack follows Ch. 6, reading from 2\/13)<\/p>\n
2. Mansfield, B. Gendered biopolitics of public health: regulation and discipline in seafood consumption advisories. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 30:4 (2012): 588-602.<\/p>\n
GUEST PRESENTATION: Ingrid Andersson, Member of Wisconsin Environmental Health Network<\/p>\n
Session 28 \u2013 Body and\/as Environment III: Reproductive Environmental Justice, Queer ecologies<\/p>\n
Tues<\/p>\n
5\/6 Readings:<\/p>\n
1. Zimmerman, Kristen and Vera Miao. Fertile Ground: Women Organizing at the Intersection Of Environmental Justice And Reproductive Justice. Movement Strategy Center, 2009 (selections TBA).<\/p>\n
2. Mortimer-Sandilands, Catriona. Unnatural Passions? Notes Toward a Queer Ecology. Invisible Culture 9 (2005). Link on Learn@UW<\/p>\n
Session 29 \u2013 Wrap-Up: Final review, reproductive health in our own lives<\/p>\n
Thurs<\/p>\n
5\/8 No readings<\/p>\n
FINAL EXAM ON THURSDAY, 5\/15\/14, 2:45-4:45 PM<\/p>\n
I reserve the right to amend this syllabus over the course of the semester.<\/p>\n
Please contact me as soon as possible if you do not understand any aspect of the course objectives, requirements, material, deadlines, and\/or grading criteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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