The University of Arizona Press

Monica J. Casper is dean of arts and sciences and a professor of sociology at Seattle University. A First Gen scholar, she is the author of numerous books, essays, and articles and is also a creative writer. Her first book, The Making of the Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery, won the C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her most recent book, Babylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z, explores ignorance and inaction in relation to maternal and infant death in the United States. With expertise in women’s health, racial and gender disparities, trauma, disability, gender-based violence, and bioethics, her work centers questions of whose lives are worth saving, whose deaths are accelerated, and whose existence matters. A seasoned university leader, she has been recognized for her efforts to foster humane workplaces.