Rachelle Chadwick

My research interests are primarily in the area of reproductive and obstetric violence. I am interested in questions surrounding consent, coercion, and care in relation to birth and enjoy using a wide array of theoretical and philosophical tools to think through conceptual tensions. I also have interests in creative and experimental qualitative methodologies, such as, for example: poetic methods of analysis, collective memory work, and voice-centric analytic tools. I am Associate Editor of Feminism & Psychology, Co-Editor of the Journal of Gender-Based Violence and serve on the editorial board of Feminist Theory. I am currently only open for doctoral supervision relating to projects that are specifically focused on obstetric and reproductive violence. Please feel free to reach out via email if you have an idea for a PhD project along these lines.

01/03/2026 - Tense Concepts - Rachelle J Chadwick - Gender and Justice - Article - Published 31/03/2025 - Haunted Frames - Rachelle J Chadwick - The Routledge Companion to Gender and Reproduction - Chapter in a book - Published 25/08/2025 - Choosing Cesareans? New Imaginaries beyond Consent/Coercion - Rachelle J Chadwick - International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics - Article - Published 29/08/2025 - The Many Faces of Birthing Freedom - Rachelle J Chadwick - Hypatia - Article - Published 04/07/2024 - Hearing the Body in the Story: The Listening Guide as Mode of Embodied Inquiry - Rachelle J Chadwick - The Listening Guide Handbook - Chapter in a book - Submitted