Fridays at Newcomb: Michelle Collins, “The Unequal Journey: Exploring the Unfriendly History of Childbirth for Women”

“The Unequal Journey: Exploring the Unfriendly History of Childbirth for Women”

Dr. Michelle Collins, Dean at Loyola New Orleans University College of Nursing and Health, is a Certified Nurse-Midwife active in clinical practice, teaching, research, and administration. In addition to her current administrative position at Loyola, Dr. Collins practices as a Certified Nurse-Midwife at Ochsner Baptist. She is a nationally known expert on the use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) in labor and birth. Dr. Collins also writes an invited blog for the British show Call the Midwife, for the PBS website which she has done since the series began 12 seasons ago. She is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the American Academy of Nursing, and the National Academies of Practice.

Fridays at Newcomb is a speaker series that features new research insights from scholars at Tulane and beyond related to Newcomb Institute’s three main research areas: sexual and reproductive rights and health, gender-based violence, and feminist civic engagement. Each talk is free, open to the public, and lunch is provided. For more information, contact Dr. Clare Daniel, Senior Professor of Practice and Director of Research at Newcomb Institute: cdaniel5@tulane.edu.