Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts; Affiliated Faculty, Dept of Sociology
Chris has long been fascinated by social movements and how and when they emerge, frame their issues and their interventions and make sense of what is at stake. For more than two decades, Chris been been researching, writing, and speaking on Critical Menstruation Studies and more generally, body autonomy. Her most recent books include The Managed Body: Developing Girls and Menstrual Health in the Global South (2018; Palgrave Macmillan), and the co-edited collections Body Battlegrounds: Transgressions, Tensions and Transformations (2019; Vanderbilt) and open-source The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies (2020; Palgrave Macmillan) which has been downloaded more 2+ million times. Pivoting from menstrual health and politics, she is currently at work on a new book exploring contemporary activism inspired by grief and trauma tentatively titled Accidental Activism:
Why Grief Becomes Grievance in the Wake of Traumatic Loss.
Chris has been quoted in publications such as The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, NPR, USA Today, The Atlantic, El Mundo, Agence France-Presse, and the Associated Press and featured in several podcasts and documentaries including Periodical, soon to stream on NBC's Peacock. See below for a full catalog of Chris' publications, media engagements and more.
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About Chris Bobel
Chris has long been fascinated by social movements and how and when they emerge, frame their issues and their interventions and make sense of what is at stake. For more than two decades, Chris been been researching, writing, and speaking on Critical Menstruation Studies and more generally, body autonomy. Her most recent books include The Managed Body: Developing Girls and Menstrual Health in the Global South (2018; Palgrave Macmillan), and the co-edited collections Body Battlegrounds: Transgressions, Tensions and Transformations (2019; Vanderbilt) and open-source The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies (2020; Palgrave Macmillan) which has been downloaded more 2+ million times. Pivoting from menstrual health and politics, she is currently at work on a new book exploring contemporary activism inspired by grief and trauma tentatively titled Accidental Activism:
Why Grief Becomes Grievance in the Wake of Traumatic Loss.
Chris has been quoted in publications such as The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, NPR, USA Today, The Atlantic, El Mundo, Agence France-Presse, and the Associated Press and featured in several podcasts and documentaries including Periodical, soon to stream on NBC's Peacock. See below for a full catalog of Chris' publications, media engagements and more.
| Present | Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts Boston | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2015 - Present | Member of the Editorial Board, Signs | 2013 - Present | Founding Member of the Editorial Board, Women's Reproductive Health | 1998 - Present | Member, National Women's Studies Association | 2006 - 2020 | Past Board Member, Graduate Consortium in Gender, Culture, Women and Sexuality | 2013 - 2015 | Past President, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research | Past Department Chair, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of Massachusetts Boston |
Courses
- Affect, Grief, Activism: Transforming Pain into Purpose in the Aftermath of Traumatic Loss [microseminar]
- WGS Internship Seminar
- Feminist Inquiry
- Critical Menstruation Studies [microseminar]
- Gender, Health & Marginalization through a Critical Intersectional Feminist Lens
- Gendered Bodies
- Feminisms, Intersectionality and Social Justice: Histories, Debates, Futures
- Feminist Research Seminar
- Feminist Activism
- Women, Gender and Sexuality in the US
- Radical Voices of Resistance: Gender, Race and US Social Movements
| 1993 - 1999 | PhD, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee ‐ Urban Studies | |
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Links
- Menstrual Health Hub
- Menstrual Hygiene Day
- Menstruation Matters (blog)
- Women's Reproductive Health (journal)
- Signs (journal)
- The Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality
- Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
- Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department
- College of Liberal Arts
- University of Massachusetts Boston
