Lina-Maria Murillo
Assistant Professor of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies and History, University of Iowa
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About Lina-Maria
Murillo focuses on the history of reproduction and race in the United States. Overarching themes in Murillo's writing include the history of the birth control movement; abortion; immigration; eugenics; and population control; as well as issues pertaining to gender; sexuality; and race.
Contributions
In the News
Opinion: "Before Roe v. Wade, U.S. Residents Sought Safer Abortions in Mexico," Lina-Maria Murillo, The Washington Post, September 3, 2021.
Opinion: "In the Service of White Supremacy: Immigration and Reproductive Violence," Lina-Maria Murillo, Notches, December 8, 2020.
Publications
"Birth Control, Border Control: The Movement for Contraception in El Paso, Texas 1936–1940" Pacific Historical Review 90, no. 3 (2021): 314-344.
Places the birth control movement’s attention to overpopulation within the context of immigration restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border, reminding us that birth control movements offer a paradox of coercion and choice.
"Chapter 48: Reproductive Justice in the Heartland: Mothering, Maternal Care, and Race in Twenty-First Century Iowa" (with ), in Maternal Theory: The Essential Readings, edited by Andrea O’Reilly (Demeter Press, 2021).
Explores inequities wrought within motherhood one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.