Gianna Coby DeJoy
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DeJoy's research focuses on rural communities' access to maternity care, relationships between reproductive healthcare infrastructure and rural resilience, and the impacts of environmental issues on access to care and maternal/infant wellbeing, particularly in the northeastern U.S. and Canada. Overarching themes in DeJoy's writings include the environmental politics of reproduction and political ecologies of care. DeJoy is also a certified lactation counselor (CLC) and volunteers with rural community organizations.
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Looks at what happened to carbon emissions when hospital maternity units in Maine closed and pregnant patients had to travel farther to give birth. Finds that the extra driving led to higher passenger vehicle emissions, suggesting that reducing access to local maternity care can unintentionally increase pollution because families must travel longer distances for care.
Examines how government policies and laws can control or limit people’s reproductive choices, framing these actions as a form of structural violence. Finds that such state-level interventions can harm individuals’ autonomy and wellbeing, showing that reproductive oppression is built into social and legal systems rather than just happening at an individual level.