Academics

Faculty & Staff

Chris Bobel, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Women's Studies, College of Liberal Arts Women's Studies Department Chair
  • Telephone: 617-287-6781
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall,05,00009

Areas of Expertise

Social constructions of the body, motherhood and social change, feminist theories, and contemporary feminist health activism and menstruation

Degrees

PhD in Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Bobel, C. & Kwan, S. (Eds.) (2011) Embodied Resistance: Breaking the Rules, Challenging the Norms. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press.
  • Bobel, C. (2010). New Blood: Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation. New Brunswick, NJ & London: Rutgers University Press.
  • Bobel, C. (2002). The Paradox of Natural Mothering. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
  • Articles Bobel, C. (2008). “From Convenience to Hazard: A Short History of the Emergence of the Menstrual Activism Movement, 1971-1992” Health Care for Women International, Vol. 29, Issue 7, pp.738-754.
  • Bobel, C. (2007). “’I’m not an activist, per se, though I’ve done a lot of it’: Doing Activism, Being Activist and the Perfect Standard in a Contemporary Movement.” Social Movement Studies Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp. 147-159 .
  • Bobel, C. (2006). “‘Our Revolution Has Style’: Menstrual Product Activists ‘Doing Feminism’ in the Third Wave.” Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Vol. 54, Issue 4/5, pp. 331-345.
  • Bobel, C. (2004). “When Good Enough Isn’t: Mother Blame in The Continuum Concept.” Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp. 68-78.
  • Bobel, C. (2001). “Bounded Liberation: A Focused Study of La Leche League International.” Gender & Society, Vol 15, No. 1, pp. 130-151.
  • Bobel, C. (2009). “Resisting, But Not Too Much: Interrogating the Paradox of Natural Mothering.” In J. Nathanson & L. Tuley (Eds). Mother Knows Best: Talking Back to Baby “Experts.” Toronto: Demeter Press. (pp. 113-123). [Also reprinted in A. O’Reilly (Ed). Maternal Theory: Essential Reading 1976-2007. Toronto, Ontario: Demeter Press (pp 782-791.)]
  • Bobel, C. (2006). "Resistance with a Wink: Young Women, Feminism and the (Radical) Menstruating Body.” In J. Lorber & L. J. Moore (Eds.). Gendered Bodies: Feminist Perspectives from Birth to Death. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing (pp. 87-91.).
  • Bobel, C. & Kissling, Elizabeth (Volume 40, Issue 2, 2011) Guest Eds. Special Issue of Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal “Menstruation and Representation”

Additional Information


Courses Taught

WOST 100: Women & Society
WOST 210G: Gender & the Body
WOST/AMST 394L: Women in US Social Movements
WOST 370: Feminist Research Seminar
WOST 392: Women & Activism
WOST 400: Feminist Thought