Birth Matters' 2009 Annual Awards Gathering and Fundraiser

2009 Keynote Speaker~ Robbie Davis-Floyd PhD

Robbie Davis-Floyd PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas Austin and Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology, 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 PassageFrom Doctor to Healer: The Transformative Journey (1998); and co-editor 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, has just come out from the University of California Press. Her research on global trends and transformations in childbirth, obstetrics, and midwifery is ongoing. Robbie speaks regularly at national and international childbirth, obstetrical, and midwifery conferences around the world. She currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Board of the North American Registry of Midwives, Editor for the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative (IMBCI): 10 Steps to Optimal Maternity Care (www.imbci.org), and Board Member of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization. Visit her website at www.davis-floyd.com 

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