Jennifer Denbow
Assistant Professor
Fields
- Public Law
- Political Theory
- Reproductive Law and Politics
- Feminist Theory
- Science and Technology Studies
- Jurisprudence
Contact Information
- Office: Building 47, Room 12L
- Phone: 805-756-2785
- E-mail: jdenbow@calpoly.edu
- Website: https://calpoly.academia.edu/JenniferDenbow
About Jennifer Denbow
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
Dr. Jennifer Denbow is a critical scholar and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She is the author of Governed through Choice: Autonomy, Technology, and the Politics of Reproduction (NYU Press, 2015). Her work has also been published in journals such as Signs, Constellations, and Frontiers. She is currently working on a second book project, tentatively titled, In the Name of Innovation: Law and the Political Economy of Reproductive Futures.
Education
- Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy, Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexuality, University of California, Berkeley (2010)
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley (2007)
- B.S., Philosophy, Minors in Mathematics and Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2003)
Classes
- Judicial Process
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Rights
- Reproductive Politics
- Feminist Legal Theory
- Basic Concepts of Political Thought
- Contemporary American Political Thought
Selected Publications
"Good Mothering Before Birth: Measuring Attachment and Ultrasound as an Affective Technology,” Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 5 (2019).
“The Problem with Hobby Lobby: Neoliberal Jurisprudence and Neoconservative Values,” Feminist Legal Studies (2017).
"Abortion as Genocide: Race, Agency, and Nation in Prenatal Nondiscrimination Bans," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 41, no. 3 (2016).
Governed through Choice: Autonomy, Technology, and the Politics of Reproduction (New York: New York University Press, 2015).
“Reproductive Autonomy, Counter-conduct, and the Juridical,” Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory, vol. 21, no. 3 (2014).
“Sterilization as Cyborg Performance: Reproductive Freedom and the Regulation of Sterilization,” Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies, vol. 35, no. 1 (2014).
“The Pedagogy of Rape Law: Objectivity, Identity, and Emotion,” The Journal of Legal Education, vol. 64, no. 1 (2014).