Ph.D Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (2015)

Biography

Sarah Rudrum received her doctorate at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. Her dissertation is an institutional ethnography of maternity care and childbirth in Amuru sub-county, northern Uganda.  Her research interests include health inequities; intersectionality (as an approach to methodology, theory, and policy); popular culture discourses of birth; and qualitative research.  Sarah holds an MA in Women’s Studies from York University and a BA in English from The University of Northern British Columbia.

Research

The Social Constitution of Maternity Care and Childbirth in Amuru sub-county Northern Uganda: An Institutional Ethnography

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles 

Rudrum, Sarah. (2015). Traditional Birth Attendants: Policy, Practice, and Ethics. Healthcare for Women International. 1 -20.

Rudrum, Sarah. (2014). Joy and Pain: An Affect Studies Perspective on Natural Birth Discourse. Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal. 36 (1), p 55-64.

Hankivsky, O, Grace, D., Hunting, G., Giesbrecht, M., Fridkin, A., Rudrum, S., Ferlatte, O. and Clark, N. (2014). An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework: Critical reflections on a methodology for advancing equity. International Journal of Equity in Health. 13(1), 119. 16 pages.

Edited Volumes

(Proposal accepted.) Rudrum, Sarah & A. Stafford, Eds. Constructions of Risk: The Production of “At Risk” Bodies and Populations in Health, Education, and Community Services. Cambridge Scholars Press. Co-edited anthology.

Other Peer-reviewed Contributions

Rudrum, Sarah. (2012). An Intersectional Critical Discourse Analysis of Maternity Care Policy Recommendations in British Columbia. In Hankivsky, O. (Ed.) An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework. Vancouver, BC: Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy (IIRP), Simon Fraser University. Pp. 47-68. (http://www.sfu.ca/iirp/ibpa.html)

Hankivsky, O., D. Grace, G. Hunting, O. Ferlatte, N. Clark, A. Fridkin, M. Giesbrecht, S. Rudrum, & T. Laviolette. (2012). Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis. In Hankivsky, O. (Ed.) An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework. Vancouver, BC: Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy (IIRP), Simon Fraser University. Pp. 33-46. (http://www.sfu.ca/iirp/ibpa.html)

Non Peer-reviewed Publications

Rudrum, Sarah. (2015). Landmark study in Uganda in case of maternal death is cause for celebration. Guest blog post. Reproductive Health Matters. http://www.rhmjournal.org.uk/2015/05/landmark-decision-in-uganda-maternity-care-case-is-a-cause-for-celebration/

Rudrum, Sarah. (2015). Sister: An Intimate Portrait of a Global Health Crisis – film review. Guest blog post. Reproductive Health Matters. http://www.rhmjournal.org.uk/2015/05/sister-an-intimate-portrait-of-a-global-health-crisis-film-review/

Rudrum, Sarah. (2010). Review of the book Racialized Migrant Women in Canada: Essays on Health, Violence, and Equity, edited by V. Agnew. Journal of International Women’s Studies. 11(4).

Rudrum, Sarah and L. Vetten. (2006). Getting by in Gauteng: Resources for Women. Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Johannesburg, South Africa.

Sarah Rudrum received her doctorate at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. Her dissertation is an institutional ethnography of maternity care and childbirth in Amuru sub-county, northern Uganda. Her research interests include health inequities; intersectionality (as an approach to methodology, theory, and policy); popular culture discourses of birth; and qualitative research. Sarah holds an MA in Women’s Studies from York University and a BA in English from The University of Northern British Columbia.