The bloggers here at re: Cycling are all members of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, however, their writing on this site does not necessarily reflect the positions of the Society as a whole. Posts and comments are the views of the individual authors.

Chris Bobel is an Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at University of Massachusetts-Boston. Her research specialties include women-centered social movements, including menstrual activism. Her next book, New Blood: Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation, will be published by Rutgers University Press in 2010.

Giovanna Chesler is a filmmaker, media producer, and Assistant Professor in Communication Arts at Marymount Manhattan College. She directs and produces new media projects and documentary and narrative films addressing themes of the body, sexuality, and gender. You may have seen her film Period: The End of Menstruation?.

Chris Hitchcock is a researcher at the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research at the University of British Columbia. Her current research interests include the analysis of normal changes with menstrual cycles and ovulation in regularly menstruating women, hot flushes and other changes in perimenopausal women, and the effects of progesterone on hot flushes and cardiovascular health in menopausal women. Most recently she has been reviewing the safety of extended use of oral contraceptives to suppress menstruation.

Elizabeth Kissling [Managing Editor] is a Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and of Communication at Eastern Washington University, where she teaches courses in gender and communication, sexuality studies, cultural studies, qualitative research methods, and message design. Her book, Capitalizing on the Curse: The Business of Menstruation, was published by Lynne Rienner Publishers in 2006.

Laura Wershler is the Executive Director of Sexual Health Access Alberta, a pro-choice organization that facilitates access to sexual and reproductive health information, education, and services. She writes, speaks, and comments on a wide range of issues related to sexual health and sexuality.