Biography
Samantha is a social anthropologist researching reproductive infrastructures and abortion politics in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Samantha received a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Anthropology and Development Studies from the Australian National University in 2018, receiving the Richard B Davis Prize for Anthropology and a Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation.
Samantha worked in international development at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade before receiving a Cambridge Australia Masters Studentship.
Samantha researched the phenomenon of Redundant Obsolete or Trivial (ROT) data in Femtech for her masters dissertation. She graduated from the MPhil in Social Anthropology Research with Distinction in 2024.
Affiliations: Cambridge Reproduction Research Group
Research
Research: anthropology of reproduction; abortion accompaniment and abortion doulas; gender and sexuality; medical anthropology; digital ethnography; infrastructures; care; urban ethnography; political economy.