Amy Partridge

Amy Partridge is a Senior Lecturer in Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University. Her academic work bridges interdisciplinary fields including feminist theory, medical history, and cultural studies.

• Education: Ph.D. in Performance Studies with a Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies from Northwestern University

Partridge's research focuses on the intersection of public health, gender, and activism. She explores:

• Historical and contemporary public health education campaigns
• Gender dynamics in labor history
• Feminist and queer activism (post-1960s, post-9/11 era)

Her teaching portfolio includes courses like:

• "Public Health and Its Discontents"
• "Female Pleasure: Feminism & the Sexological Tradition 1910–Present"
• "The Women's Health Movement: 1970 to Present"
• "Gender, Sexuality, and Technoscience"

Current projects:

• Performing the Sanitary Idea in Victorian Britain – analyzes use of popular performance in 19th-century public health campaigns
• Documentary history of the 1970s Women's Health Movement in the US