Clare Daniel is an administrative assistant professor and assistant director of community engagement at Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute. She teaches classes in Tulane’s Department of Communication. She received her doctorate in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Her book Mediating Morality: The Politics of Teen Pregnancy in the Post-Welfare Era explores the intersections of political discourse, popular culture, and advocacy around adolescent pregnancy at the turn of the twenty-first century. Her scholarship has also appeared in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society, The American Journal of Public Health, and is forthcoming in Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. She has written opinion pieces for The Hill, The Advocate, Faculty Focus, and Nursing Clio. At Newcomb Institute, she coordinates programs that bring students into community work around reproductive rights, health, and justice. She is co-convener of the New Orleans Maternal and Child Health Coalition, which aims to improve birth outcomes by centering the experiences of Black birthing people and their families.
