Office Hours:
Fall 2025
Mondays 2:30pm- 4:30pm
Wednesdays 3:30pm-5:00pm
Research Interests
Dr. McCaffrey is a cultural and medical anthropologist whose research explores the interaction of medicine, activism, and gender in Europe and the United States.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD Anthropology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Advanced Certificate in Public Health, CUNY School of Public Health
BA Anthropology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, SUNY New Paltz
Selected Publications
2025. Pills & Protest: Abortion Access in Ireland. Bloomsbury Academic Press.
2024. 鈥淭he Woman is the Active Agent: General Practitioners and the Agentive Displacement of Abortion in Ireland鈥 Medical Anthropology Quarterly 38(2): 193-207.
2024. 鈥淎iding, Abetting, & America鈥檚 Bitter Abortion Pill鈥. L鈥橦omme: European Journal of Feminist History, 35(2): 111 鈥 116.
2023. 鈥淭echnologies of Protest in Irish Feminism.鈥 Feminist Anthropology 4(1): 115-131.
Williamson, McCaffrey, Premkumar, Mishtal, Cogburn, Howes-Mishel, and Lowe. 2022. 鈥淐AR (Council on Anthropology and Reproduction) Statement on the Reversal of Roe v. Wade鈥. Rapid Response Series, Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
2022. 鈥淥p-Ed: We Should Talk More About the Abortion Pill.鈥 SAPIENS, May 12.
Classes
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ANTH 100: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
This course has two broad aims. One is to introduce students to the field of cultural anthropology by paying close attention to what anthropologists do and how they do it. The other is to explore some of the ways in which people organize their lives and construct systems of meaning -- from kin relations and gender roles to economic systems and marriage patterns, religion and healing. In the process, we will be challenged to think about the value of cultural diversity in an increasingly interconnected world and to see ourselves from others' point of view.
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ANTH 302: Medical Anthropology
This course explores the cultural, social, economic, political, and environmental factors that affect health and well- being-as well as the practice of healing and medicine-across cultures. We will use theories and methods from critical medical anthropology to examine the social determinants of health and health inequality.
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ANTH 402: Sociomed Sci Cap Research
This course is an in-depth examination of research in the sociomedical sciences. Students read and think critically about contemporary interdisciplinary research studies on health and medicine from across the globe. Students also learn how to design and conduct a study of an issue related to health, disease, illness and/or medicine.
Student Research Opportunities
Dr. McCaffrey has two on-going research projects related to reproductive politics, health, and gender, that interested students can become involved in:
- Reproductive Justice and Interstate Solidarity in Post-Dobbs New York State
- Gender Politics and Reproductive Futurity in the Face of Demographic Decline
Student research assistants on these projects work on background research, literature reviews, research design, interviews, qualitative coding through Atlas.TI software, data analysis, and written and oral presentations. Students have opportunities to author and present research at 黑料传送门, as well as at regional and national conferences. Preference for students who can commit to at least two semesters of involvement. The research team generally meets on Monday or Wednesday afternoons. Email Dr. McCaffrey or stop by her office hours for more information!