Curriculum Vitae

University of Massachusetts-Boston

Department of Anthropology

Boston, Massachusetts 02125

617 287-6830 (office)

Email: helena.ragone@umb.edu

Education:

1991 Ph.D. Brown University

Department of Anthropology

Providence, Rhode Island

1987 M.A. Brown University

Department of Anthropology

Providence, Rhode Island

1985 B.A. University of Massachusetts

Department of Anthropology

Boston, Massachusetts

Position:

Lecturer
Department of Anthropology

University of Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

Publications:

forthcoming A Companion to the Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, co-edited by Heléna Ragoné and Louise Lamphere. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

forthcoming "Reproductive Technologies." In the Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family,

edited by David Levinson. New York: Macmillan References.

2001 "Surrogate Motherhood." In Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective-Third Edition, co-edited by Caroline Brettell and Carolyn Sargent. Upper Saddle River New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

2000 Ideologies and Technologies of Motherhood: Race, Class, Sexuality, and Nationalism, co-edited by Heléna Ragoné and France Winddance Twine. New York and London: Routledge.

"Of Likeness and Difference: How Race is Being Transfigured by Gestational Surrogacy." In Ideologies and Technologies of Motherhood: Race, Class, Sexuality, and Nationalism, co-edited by Heléna Ragoné and France Winddance Twine, pp. 56-75. New York and London: Routledge.
2000 "Introduction." In Ideologies and Technologies of Motherhood: Race, Class, Sexuality and Nationalism, co-edited by Heléna Ragoné and France Winddance Twine, pp. 1-7. New York and London: Routledge.

"Reproduction and Reproductive Technologies" (with Sharla Willis).
In Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine, edited by Gary Albrecht, Ray Fitzpatrick and Susan Scrimshaw, pp. 308-322. London: Sage Publications.

"Chasing the Blood Tie: Surrogate Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Fathers."
In Abstracts of papers and posters presented at the 2000 Annual Conference of

The Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Journal of Reproductive

and Infant Psychology 18 (3): 263.

"The Gift of Life: Surrogate Motherhood, Gamete Donation and Constructions of
Altruism. In Transformative Motherhood: On Giving and Getting in a Consumer Culture, edited by Linda Layne, pp. 132-176. New York: New York University Press.

1998a Reproducing Reproduction: Kinship, Power, and Technological Innovation,

co-edited with Sarah Franklin. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

1998b "Introduction." In Reproducing Reproduction: Kinship, Power, and Technological Innovation, co-edited by Heléna Ragoné and Sarah Franklin,

pp. 1-14. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

1998c "Incontestable Motivations." In Reproducing Reproduction: Kinship, Power, and Technological Innovation, co-edited by Heléna Ragoné and Sarah Franklin,

pp. 118-131. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

1997a Situated Lives: Gender and Culture in Everyday Life, (co-edited with Louise Lamphere and Patricia Zavella). London and New York: Routledge.

1997b "Introduction," Situated Lives: Gender and Culture in Everyday Life, co-edited with Louise Lamphere and Patricia Zavella, pp. 1-19. London and New York: Routledge.

"Chasing the Blood Tie: Surrogate Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Fathers," American Ethnologist 23(2):352:-365.
"Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Public Policy and Feminism," Anthropology Newsletter 36(4):12.
1994 Surrogate Motherhood: Conception in the Heart. Oxford and Boulder: Westview Press/HarperCollins.

Book Reviews:

forthcoming "The Elusive Embryo: How Women and Men Approach Reproductive Technologies," Gay Becker. Book Review, American Anthropologist.

2000 "Woman the Hunter," Mary Zeiss Stang and "Ecological Feminist Philosophers," Karen Warren. Book Review, Signs: The Journal of Women in Culture and Society (with Gail Hanlon), pp. 974-977.

"Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction," Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp, eds. Book Review, American Ethnologist 24(1):220.
"Life and Death Under High Technology Medicine," Ian Robinson, ed. Book Review, Man 2(2):378-379.
"Changing Human Reproduction: Social Science Perspectives," Meg Stacey, ed. Book Review, Man 29(3):753.
"Alternatives to Infertility: Is Surrogacy the Answer?" Lita Linzer Schwatz. Book Review, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 181(3):210.

Grants:

1999 The University of Massachusetts, Faculty Development Grant, "Distant Kin: Gestational Surrogacy and Ovum Donation."

1998 The University of Massachusetts, Faculty Development Grant, "Distant Kin: Gestational Surrogacy and Ovum Donation."

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, "Distant Kin: Gestational Surrogacy and Egg Donation."
The University of Massachusetts, Faculty Development Grant, "Distant Kin: Gestational Surrogacy and Ovum Donation."
1995 The Spencer Foundation, "Remembering Progressive Education: The Little Red School House, Class of 1943" (with Jane Roland Martin).

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, "Distant Kin: Gestational Surrogacy and Egg Donation."

Invited Lectures and Conference Papers:

"Surrogate Motherhood in America," invited lecture delivered at the 20th
Annual Conference for the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology. University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. 11-13 September.

"Bridging the Gap: Policies in Adoption and Assisted Reproduction,"
A Roundtable. The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 5-6 May.

"Of Likeness and Difference: How Race is Being Transfigured by Gestational Surrogacy," invited paper delivered at "Race, Nature and the Politics of Difference." The Institute of International Studies at the University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. 10-12 February.
"Defining Desirability: Health, Intelligent Gametes Need Only Apply," invited paper, delivered at "Questing for Perfection: The New Eugenics?" invited Executive Program Committee Session at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA 4 December.
1998 "Surrogate Motherhood: Fragmentation and Reunification of the Body," invited paper, delivered at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Child Psychiatry Grand Round Series, New York, NY, 18 March.

1997 "Gestational Surrogacy, The Gift of Life and Constructions of Altruism," invited paper, delivered at "The Child as Gift: Transformative Mothering in a Consumer Culture," at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington, DC, 22 November.

1997 "Chasing the Blood Tie: Surrogate Motherhood and the Quest for Family," invited paper, delivered at "Alternative Forms of Family," The University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, 9 May.

1996 "The Issue of Race in Gestational Surrogacy Arrangements: How Has It’s Relevance Shifted?" invited paper, delivered at "Ideologies and Technologies of Motherhood: Race, Class, Religion, and Nationalism," co-invited session at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, San Fransciso, CA 24 November.

1995 "Gestational Surrogacy: Of Nonbiological and Other Mothers," invited paper, delivered at "Anthropology and the Bioethics of Invasive Technologies," invited session at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington, DC 15 November.

1994 "Resolving the Blood Tie," invited paper, delivered at "What’s Blood Got to Do with It: The International Kinship Symposium," University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 28-30 April.

1993 "Incontestable Motivations," invited paper, delivered at "Reproducing Reproduction," co-invited session at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington, DC, 18 November.

"The Profile of the Surrogate Mother," invited lecture, delivered at The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, MA, 6 October.

1993 "Surrogate Motherhood and the New Reproductive Technologies," invited paper, delivered at the IV Decennial Conference of the Association of British Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 26-30 July.

1991 Surrogate Motherhood in America," delivered at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, 21 November.

Organized Sessions:

1998 "Questing for Perfection: The New Eugenics?" invited Executive Program Committee session. American Anthropological Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, 4 December.

1996 "Ideologies and Technologies of Motherhood: Race, Class, Religion, and Nationalism," organized session co-invited by the Association of Black Anthropologists and the Association for Feminist Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA, 24 November (with France Winddance Twine).

1993 "Reproducing Reproduction," organized session co-invited by the Society of Medical Anthropology and the Association for Feminist Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington, DC, 18 November (with Sarah Franklin).

Work in Progress:

Researching and writing Distant Kin: Gestational Surrogacy and Gamete Donation.

Questing for Perfection: The New Eugenics?, co-edited by Heléna Ragoné, Cheryl Mwaria and Susanna Lundin.

Researching and writing an ethnography entitled Riding Danger: Women in Horse Culture.

"Healthy, Intelligent Gametes Need Only Apply." In Questing for Perfection: The New Eugenics?, co-edited by Heléna Ragoné, Cheryl Mwaria and Susanna Lundin.

Appointments and Elected Positions in Professional Societies:

Re-appointment, Executive Program Chair, The American Anthropological Association 2001 Centennial Meeting "100 Years of Anthropology: The Transformation of a Discipline," 28 November-2 December, Washington, DC.
Executive Program Chair, The American Anthropological Association 2000 Meeting "The Public Face of Anthropology in the Millennium," 15-19 November, San Francisco, CA.
1998- Executive Advisory Board Member, The Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Professionals

1998-1999 Committee Member for the Sylvia Forman Memorial Prize

1997 Advisory Board Member, The Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Professionals

Executive Board Member, The Association for Feminist Anthropology

Consultancies/Interviews:

Interviewed for OC Family for a lead article on gestational surrogacy.
1999 Consultant to The New Yorker for a lead article on ovum donation.

1999 Consultant to the Wall Street Journal for a lead article on gestational surrogacy.

1998 Consultant to Radio Television Luxemburg for a segment on ovum donation.

1997 Consultant to the Cleveland Plain Dealer for a lead article on paternity.

1996 Consultant to German Sat. One television program "Spiegel Television," for a documentary on surrogacy.

1995 Consultant to ABC Television program "Turning Point," for a special on surrogate motherhood.

1994 Consultant to German Sat. One television program "Spiegel Television," for a documentary on surrogacy.

1992 Consultant to CBS Television program "48 Hours," for a special on surrogate motherhood.

Expert witness, testified before the Information Gathering Session to the California State Legislature on Surrogate Motherhood.

Reviewer:

2001- University of Texas Press

2000- American Anthropologist

1999- Economic and Social Research Council

1999- Signs: The Journal of Women is Culture and Society

1998- Routledge

1997- University of California Press

1996- Medical Anthropology Quarterly

1995- American Ethnologist

1995- Social Science and Medicine

1994- Westview Press/HarperCollins

1992- Man

1992- Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

References:

Professor Louise Lamphere

Department of Anthropology

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Professor Marilyn Strathern, Chair

Department of Anthropology

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, England

Professor Rayna Rapp, Chair

Department of Anthropology

The New School for Social Research

New York, New York

Professor Everett P. Dulit

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

The University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine

New York, New York

Professor Nancy Reame

Reproductive Science Program

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Professor Thomas Buckley

Department of Anthropology and American Studies

University of Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts