About Us

Founder and Director
Anna Hennessey, PhD  (Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley)

Advisory Board
The following distinguished scholars are members of the Advisory Board for the Society for the Study of Pregnancy & Birth:

Doreen Balabanoff, PhD (Ocad University)
Jessey Choo, PhD (Rutgers University)
Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD (University of Texas, Austin)
Ann Duncan, PhD (Goucher College)
Martina Hynan, PhD (University of Galway)
Marianne Delaporte Kabir, PhD (San Jose State University)
Beatrice Kobow, PhD (University of Salzburg)
Sarah LaChance Adams, PhD (University of North Florida)
Magdalena Ohaja, PhD (University of Galway)
Andrea O'Reilly, PhD (York University)
Florence Pasche Guignard, PhD (Université Laval)
Arisika Razak, RN, CNM, MPH (California Institute of Integral Studies)
Vanessa Sasson, PhD (Marianopolis College)
Cassandra Sciortino, MA (University of California, Berkeley)
Rita Sherma, PhD (Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley)
Ogechukwu Williams, PhD (Creighton University)
Xiaohong Zhang, MFA (University of Wisconsin, Whitewater)


Society for the Study of Pregnancy and Birth (SSPRB)