Biography
Yasmine Ansari (she/they/او) is an abolitionist feminist scholar whose research lies at the intersection of the anthropology of reproduction, postcolonial studies of science, medicine, and technology, and Middle Eastern gender and sexuality studies. Yasmine is currently a PhD student in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She holds an MSc in International Relations of the Middle East from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and International Studies from Seattle University. Her research critically examines how colonialism and imperialism have shaped reproductive policies, discourses, and practices in the Middle East over the twentieth century, with a focus on modern Iran.