Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca “Reb” Lentjes is a PhD candidate in gender and women’s studies at the University of Kentucky and an activist-scholar researching the antiabortion movement’s weaponization of sound, music, and affect. Their work is published in journals including American Studies, American Music, Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture, and The Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. Reb is a recipient of an ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Innovation fellowship as well as a Policy Studies for Interpersonal Violence fellowship. Outside academia, Reb is a case manager and peer counselor for three abortion healthlines.