Caroline Chautems

Caroline Chautems is a Visiting Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), affiliated with the College of Letters and Science. She holds a PhD from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Her research focuses on reproductive justice, queer reproduction, and feminist ethnography, particularly exploring how healthcare providers and birth workers support queer parents in California. She investigates access to healthcare through lenses of gender identity, race, and digital literacy.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Research Interests: Chautems examines the intersection of reproductive processes, healthcare systems, and cultural-political contexts. Her current project, 'Queer reproductive justice and doula care in California,' highlights how doulas shape perinatal care experiences for queer parents. Her work emphasizes embodied parenting, holistic postpartum care, and challenges in healthcare accessibility for marginalized groups.

Publications: She authored Negotiated Breastfeeding (Routledge 2022), analyzing postpartum care practices and parenting through an anthropological lens.

Awards: None explicitly listed.

Grants & Advising: Details on grants or advising are not provided in the text. Her research engages interdisciplinary methods, combining ethnographic fieldwork with critical analysis of systemic inequities.