Anna Wynfield

(MA Anthropology, 2021, University of Colorado Boulder; BA Anthropology, 2012, University of Colorado Boulder). Anna's research focuses on prenatal care, reproductive politics, and the production of knowledge from clinical research trials. Before pursuing graduate school, she worked with clinical trials for cancer research, which inspired her to study how advancements in medical knowledge and standards of care influence patient experiences. As an undergraduate, Anna’s thesis explored ethnographic experiences of oxytocin administration during labor and childbirth. Her MA research focused on how pregnant patients navigated Covid-19 vaccination decisions during the first months of vaccine rollout. Anna's advisor is Donna Goldstein.

Publications

• 2022. Wynfield, Anna. “The Space of Hope: Experiences of Pregnancy and Vaccination During a Pandemic.” Anthropology and Humanism.

Awards

2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

2020 American Ethnological Society (AES) Small Grant Competition