Micki Burdick

Assistant Professor of Women & Gender Studies, University of Delaware

Chapter Member: New Jersey-Philadelphia SSN

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About Micki

Burdick's research focuses on abortion, the rhetoric of conservative white women's movements, and the intersections of gender, race, and religion in U.S. reproductive politics. Overarching themes in Burdick's writings include health equity, race/racism, and emotions surrounding abortion and reproductive healthcare. Burdick's writings focus on the impacts of the language of the anti-abortion movement on general reproductive care.

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Contributions

The FACE Act was Enacted to Protect Reproductive Health Clinics − Here’s Why Its History Matters Today

Commentary, March 2025

In the News

Opinion: "A Letter to the Pro-Choice Movement from a Former “Outsider”," Micki Burdick, Tell Magazine, March 16, 2021.

Publications

"The Specter of Shame: Affective Historiography and New Methods in Abortion Research" Women's Studies in Communication 46, no. 4 (2023): 382-391.

Explores the theoretical impact of United States religious, Christian and spiritual culture on current tangible or material abortion restrictions.

"Spectacular Surveillance: Gender, White Christian Nationalism, and Evangelical Women in the Pro-life Movement", University of Iowa, May 2023.

Explores the role of Evangelical white women in conservative social movements, specifically the pro-life movement, using a rhetorical reproductive justice framework. Examines how their deep-rooted racist beliefs and actions, through "spectacular surveillance," influence reproductive healthcare access. Highlights the historical and ongoing impact of these women's activism on reproductive politics and the broader biopolitical landscape in the United States.