Linda L. Layne

Linda Louise Layne is an American cultural anthropologist, researcher, and author known for her work on reproductive culture, motherhood, pregnancy loss, single motherhood, morality, and feminist theory. She has held academic positions in the United States and the United Kingdom, and her scholarship spans ethnography, family studies, and gender and moral anthropology. Layne’s work has been widely discussed in academic and public contexts, and she is the author or editor of numerous books and journal articles.