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Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD

 Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas Austin

Robbie Davis-Floyd is a medical anthropologist specializing in the anthropology of reproduction. An international speaker and researcher, she is author of over 80 articles and of Birth as an American Rite of Passage (1992, 2004); coauthor of From Doctor to Healer: The Transformative Journey (1998); and coeditor of eight collections, including Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (1997); Cyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots (1998); and Mainstreaming Midwives: The Politics of Change (2006). Birth Models That Work, an edited collection that highlights excellent models of birth care around the world, is in press. Her research on global trends and transformations in childbirth, obstetrics, and midwifery is ongoing. Robbie speaks regularly at universities and at national and international childbirth and midwifery conferences around the world. She currently serves as Program Chair for the Society of Medical Anthropology, Senior Advisor to the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction, and Editor for the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative.