Medical anthropologist and health equity scholar whose work sits at the intersections of breastfeeding, science, and society.

I have a rich and diverse portfolio of ethnographically informed research on human lactation, breastfeeding, other forms of human milk feeding (milk sharing, milk banking, pumping, induced lactation/relactation). I also draw upon feminist scholarship, bioethics, and human rights frameworks to uncover root causes of reproductive health inequities and to imagine new directions for policy, practice, and advocacy. I have experience conducting mixed-methods and community-based participatory research, and I collaborate on interdisciplinary research with scholars from around the world.