Research Areas

My work looks at the governance systems surrounding new prenatal genetic testing technologies. I am particularly interested in the creation and meaning of risk (personal, genetic, social, legal, institutional) as it impacts the pregnancy experience, as well as technological interventions and innovations as they impact ethics of care in clinics and hospitals. My dissertation work brings together sociologies of law, science and medical anthropology to address the impact of governance systems and institutional and organizational policies on clinical work, and on the pregnancy and child-rearing experience.