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Sara Hayden

Current Position:

Professor, Department of Communication Studies

Description:

Sara Hayden’s research is in the area of rhetorical criticism and theory. In her work, she integrates interests in the social construction of gender, feminist theory, and feminist movements.  

Current Semester Office Hours:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:10-3:00 pm  and by appointment

Field Of Study:

Rhetorical Criticism and Theory, Gender, Feminism(s), Social Movements

Research Interests:

Sara has published and presented essays exploring both contemporary and historical rhetoric surrounding women's health, reproduction, sexuality education, maternity, and the abortion debate in the United States. Building on her previous work, Professor Hayden currently is exploring the early years of Ms. Magazine as a vehicle that brought second wave feminism into the mainstream.

Courses:

Communication Studies 480 -- The Rhetorical Construcion of Woman

Communication Studies 555 -- Seminar in Rhetorical Criticism

Education:

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994

M.A., University of Minnesota, 1991

B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1987

Selected Publications:

Hayden, S. and O’Brien Hallstein, L. D. (2012). “Placing Sex/Gender at the Forefront:  Feminisms Intersectionality, and Communication Studies.  In Chavez, K. R. and Cindy L. Griffin (Eds.) At The Intersection: Feminist Voices, Feminist Practices in Communication Studies, SUNY Press.

Hayden, S. (2011).  Constituting Savvy Aunties: From Childless Women to Child-Focused Consumers.  Women’s Studies in Communication, 34, 1-19.

Hayden, S., and O’Brien Hallstein, D. L.  (Eds.) (2010). Contemplating Maternity in the Era of Choice: Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction.  Lanham, MD: Lexington Press.

Hayden, S. (2010). Purposefully Childless Good Women. In Hayden, S. and O’Brien Hallstein, D. L. (Eds.) Contemplating Maternity in the Era of Choice: Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction.  Lanham, MD: Lexington Press.

Hayden, S.  (2010).  Lessons from The Baby Boon: Family-Friendly Policies and the Ethics of Justice and Care. Women’s Studies in Communication, 33, 119-137.

Hayden, S. (2009).  Revitalizing the debate between life and choice: The 2004 March for Women’s Lives. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 6, 111-131

 

 

 

Affiliations:

Member, National Communication Association,  Western States Communication Association, Organization for Research on Women and Gender.

Member, Women's Studies Steering Committee, University of Montana

International Experience:

Sookmyung University International Summer School, 2007, Seoul, South Korea:  Gender and Communication

Honors/Awards:

2011 Outstanding Edited Book Award, awarded by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, for Hayden, S., and O’Brien Hallstein, D. L.  (Eds.) (2010).  Contemplating Maternity in the Era of Choice: Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction.  Lanham, MD: Lexington Press.

Faculty Prize for Outstanding Research or Creative Activities in the Study of Women or Gender, awarded by the Women’s Studies Program, The University of Montana, Fall 2010  for Hayden, S. (2009).  Revitalizing the debate between and : The 2004 March for Women’s Lives. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 6, 111-131.

Faculty Prize for Outstanding Research or Creative Activities in the Study of Women or Gender, awarded by the Women’s Studies Program, The University of Montana, April,2004 for Hayden, S. Maternal metaphors and the nation: Promoting a politics of care through the Million Mom March.  Quarterly Journal of Speech, 89, 196-215

Faculty Prize for Outstanding Research or Creative Activities in the Study of Women or Gender awarded by the Women’s Studies Program, The University of Montana, April,2002, for Hayden, S. (2001).  Teenage bodies, teenage selves: Tracing the implications of bio-power in contemporary sexuality education texts, Women’s Studies in Communication, 24, 30-61.

Faculty Prize for Outstanding Research or Creative Activities in the Study of Women or Gender, awarded by the Women’s Studies Program, The University of Montana, April 2000, for Hayden, S. (1999).  Reversing the discourse of sexology: Margaret Higgins Sanger’s What Every Girl Should Know.  The Southern Communication Journal, 64, 4, 288-306.

Faculty Prize for Outstanding Research or Creative Activities in the Study of Women or Gender, awarded by the Women’s Studies Program, The University of Montana, April, 1998 for Re-claiming bodies of knowledge: An exploration of the relationship between feminist theorizing and feminine style in the rhetoric of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.  Western Journal of Communication, 61, 127-163.

B. Aubrey Fisher Outstanding Journal Article Award, awarded by the Western States Communication Association, February, 1998 for Re-claiming bodies of knowledge: An exploration of the relationship between feminist theorizing and feminine style in the rhetoric of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.  Western Journal of Communication, 61, 127-163.