Brenna McCaffrey
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Bailey Hall 107
(585)245-5818
bmccaffrey@geneseo.edu
she/her
Office Hours
Spring 2026
Mondays 10:30am-11:30am and Wednesdays 2:30pm-4:30pm
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD Anthropology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Advanced Certificate in Public Health, CUNY School of Public Health
BA Anthropology and Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, SUNY New Paltz
Selected Publications
2026. in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Gender and Women’s History. Amanda Capern, ed.
2025. Bloomsbury Academic Press.
2024. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 38(2): 193-207.
2024. L鈥橦omme: European Journal of Feminist History, 35(2): 111 鈥� 116.
2023. 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. https://medanthroquarterly.org/rapid-response/2022/08/car-statement-on-the-reversal-of-roe-v-wade/
2022. 鈥淥p-Ed: We Should Talk More 黑料网 the Abortion Pill.鈥� SAPIENS, May 12. https://www.sapiens.org/culture/abortion-pill-change-activist-strategies/
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.
Student Research Opportunities
Dr. McCaffrey runs the Reproductive Politics research lab which has three on-going projects related to reproductive politics 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
- Making Families and Futures in the Irish Environmental Movement
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 Geneseo, as well as at regional and national conferences.
Student who wish to become involved should be majors or minors in Sociomedical Sciences; Anthropology; Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies; or a related major with a focus in reproductive health. Students should take ANTH319: Politics of Reproduction if offered or another course with Dr. McCaffrey and have a strong academic record. Preference for students who can commit to at least two semesters of involvement. Email Dr. McCaffrey or stop by her office hours for more information!