My current research project on reproductive health explores the relationship between public policy and lived experience. Though contraception and abortion were legal by 1975, pronatalist concerts lingered in France. Furthermore, information about family planning was largely inaccessible due to a lack of sex education. I am also interested in the relationship between immigration policy and reproductive health in contemporary France (see my article on French medical intervention in Tunisia’s post-colonial family planning program under “Publications.”).

Working with archival sources including doctor-patient interviews as well as literary and cultural productions, I use both qualitative and quantitative analysis to examine how new policies and medical innovations in reproductive health were interpreted by lawmakers, doctors, and their patients. Ultimately, my work attempts to understand how public policy can shape identity and, conversely, how individuals redefine and reimagine motherhood and the family unit.

My research has been generously supported and recognized by:

• Women’s and Gender Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship ($10,000) - The Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University (2025)

• Prix de Recherche au présent (seconde classé) - 20th and 21st-Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium (2024)

• Ida B. Wells Graduate Student Fellowship - Coordinating Council for Women in History (2025)

• La Bourse Jeanne Marandon ($25,000) - La Société des professeurs français et francophone d’Amérique (2023-2024)

• Women’s and Gender Studies Research Fellowship ($10,000) - The Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University (2023)

• Rita S. Gallin Paper Award (2nd place) - The Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University (2022)

• Johannes Sache Memorial Award - The Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University (2021)