Recent News

See Grace’s article on Alabama’s 2013 push for fetal personhood at Rewire.news!

BIG NEWS!!! Grace accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice Studies at San Jose State University effective Fall 2019!!!

Grace presented her research at a briefing on Tennessee's Fetal Assault law hosted by SisterReach-- a reproductive justice organization doing amazing work in Tennessee.

Grace presented her work at the 2018 meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, GA!

Follow the link to Grace's research brief over at Scholars Strategy Network! https://scholars.org/brief/future-criminal-prosecution-self-induced-abortion-and-pregnancy-endangerment

Grace presented her work on punitive approaches to pregnancy and drug use at the Healthy and Free Tennessee Annual Statewide Convening.

Grace's chapter, "Illegitimate Appetites: Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign as Sexual Regulation," is included in this wonderful volume edited by Nikol Alexander-Floyd and Julia Jordan-Zachery! It will be available in November!

In September, Grace attended a "research accelerator" workshop in Boston hosted by Scholars Strategy Network.

Grace was selected as the Rutgers University Social Sciences Nominee for the CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award!

In June 2018, Grace presented her work at the Law and Society Association meeting in Toronto!

In May 2018, Grace attended a research workshop at UCSF's ANSIRH, part of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. The workshop was organized by the Scholars Strategy Network.

In May 2018, Grace presented findings from the Informed Consent Project at a people's hearing of the Whole Women's Health Act in Atlanta, Georgia.

Grace's work on the criminal prosecution of pregnant women is featured in a new Amnesty International report! To read the full report, click on the picture.

Grace is happy to announce that she has joined the University of Southern Indiana as an Assistant Professor of Gender Studies!

Grace presented her work at the 2017 Law and Society Association meeting in Mexico City. She also took a break to visit the home of Frida Kahlo.

Rutgers Women and Politics made a strong showing at the 2017 European Conference on Politics and Gender in Lausanne, Switzerland.

On May 22, 2017 the Rutgers University Women and Politics subfield celebrated its 30th Anniversary! Here are graduates of the program, celebrating at the Center for American Women and Politics.

Grace talks to Rolling Stone (!!!) about state-mandated informed consent for abortion.

Grace's review of Laury Oaks' Giving Up Baby has been published online ahead of print in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy!

In February 2017, Grace attended the Take Root Conference in Oklahoma. Here she is with Lynn Paltrow and Loretta Ross (above) and Dr. Willie Parker (below).

Junctures in Women's Leadership: Business, edited by Hetfield & Britton has been published! Grace co-authored two chapters in the edited volume.

Grace in Texas, meeting with Amy Miller, Director of Whole Women's Health, of Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt

In April 2016, Grace and Cynthia Daniels traveled to Texas to give a talk at UT-Austin, and to present their research findings to the Texas Legislative Womens Health Caucus

Grace attended a mini-conference on the politics and science of fetal tissues at Rutgers University.

Grace is thrilled to announce that she has been awarded an American Fellowship by the AAUW for the 2016-2017 year!

Mother Jones writes about Grace's Co-Authored Article on Informed Consent!

Grace is excited to announce that she has been awarded the Stanley H. and Claire A. Friedelbaum Graduate Student Dissertation Fund Award for the 2016-2017 academic year!

In June, Grace traveled to Uppsala, Sweden to participate in the biennial European Conference on Politics and Gender. Two of Grace's papers were presented at the conference.

Grace's Co-Authored Article on Informed Consent has been published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

In May, Grace presented her work at the Criminalization of Race in History and Global Sciences conference at Monmouth University, which featured two of the exonerated members of the Central Park Five case, Raymond Santana, and Kevin Richardson.

In October, Grace attended the National Perinatal Association Conference, in Nashville Tennessee.