JoAnna Boudreaux
Assistant Professor of Teaching and Internship Coordinator
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Dr. JoAnna Boudreaux is an Assistant Professor of Teaching and Internship Coordinator at the University of Memphis. She earned both a PhD in Communication Studies and a master's degree in Sociology at the University of Memphis. She is a transdisciplinary scholar with research interests spanning maternal health, motherhood, reproductive justice, immigration, and religious identity. Her work has been published in the Journal of Mother Studies, Journal of Autoethnography, and the Listening Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, and Culture.
Dr. Boudreaux currently serves on the editorial review board for the Journal of Communication and Religion. She has also published a book on her dissertation titled Islam and Motherhood: Discourses of Faith and Identity through Peter Lang Publishers in 2024.
Dr. Boudreaux teaches classes on Race & Ethnicity, Sociology of Gender, Medical Sociology, and Social Theory. She is also the Internship Coordinator for the Sociology Department.