Sara Hollar

Sara is a PhD student in the History of Science and Medicine. She is interested in the history and material culture of reproduction in the United States. She has researched the history and ethics of fetal and infant specimen collection, preservation, and display for educational and entertainment purposes. Sara wants to explore such practices as forms of reproductive education, informing interactions between individuals and cultural, academic, religious, medical, and state institutions. She is interested in public understandings of fetal personhood, eugenics, disability, race, citizenship, and reproductive technologies.

Sara received her BA from Smith College in American Studies and Women and Gender Studies. Her undergraduate thesis examined fetal specimen exhibition at 20th-century American sideshows. Sara interned at the National Museum of American History in the Division of Science and Medicine, where she researched fetal specimens in museum contexts. Before coming to Yale, Sara worked as an environmental educator in Colorado, Alaska, and Washington state.