Michelle Budwitz

Assistant Professor of Public Health

Recent courses taught:

• Foundations of Public Health
• Global Public Health
• Epidemiology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health
• Health Disparities in the USA
• Public Health through Film

Conference presentations:
January 8, 2014. “Parking Space Reserved for Expectant Mothers: What does it mean to be female and childfree in a culture that prides itself on traditional family values? The effect(s) US reproductive health policy has on childfree-American-females.” The Union Institute and University, Fifteenth Residency Conference, “Crossing Boundaries”. Cincinnati, OH, USA.

July 30, 2016. “A feminist critical discourse analysis of abortion restriction policy: An examination of the social constructions of women embedded within the policy discourse.” Third International Conference on Advances in Women’s Studies 2016. Buffalo, NY, USA.

November 11, 2016. Panel Title: “Biopolitics and State Regulation of Women’s Sexuality.” Presentation Title. “A feminist critical discourse analysis of abortion restriction policy: An examination of the social constructions of women embedded within the policy discourse.” 2016 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference: Decoloniality. Montréal,
Québec, Canada.

Publications:
Budwitz, M.A. (2017). A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Abortion Restriction Policy: An Examination of the Social Constructions of Women Embedded within the Policy Discourse. Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest LLC.

College service and professional affiliations:

• Public Health Advisory Committee
• Committee for Off-Campus Study
• Women’s and Gender Studies Program Steering Committee
• American Public Health Association
• New York State Public Health Association