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Monica J. Casper

Dean and Professor of Sociology, Seattle University

Topics of expertise
  • Childcare (Providers & Systems)
  • Domestic Violence & Child Abuse
  • Economic Inequality
  • Feminism & Families
  • Fertility, Reproduction & Sexual Health
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • Health & Illness
  • Health Care
  • Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
  • Public Policy
  • Reproductive Health
  • Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
  • Trauma & Disaster
  • Work & Family

Email: mjcasper@seattleu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-5201
Website: https://sociology.sdsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/casper
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicajcasper/

Monica J. Casper, Ph.D. is a Dean and Professor of Sociology at Seattle University. She has published several books, including the award-winning The Making of the Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery (1998); Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life (2003); and Critical Trauma Studies: Understanding Violence, Conflict, and Memory in Everyday Life (2016). Her latest book, Babylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z, was published in 2022 and focuses on racial politics of infant and maternal mortality in the U.S. She is founding co-editor of the successful NYU Press book series “Biopolitics: Medicine, Technoscience, and Health in the 21st Century” and founding co-editor of the UA Press Book Series, “The Feminist Wire Books: Connecting Feminisms, Race, and Social Justice.” She is also a creative writer.

Last Updated: 12/15/25