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Sarah LeBlanc
Associate Professor of Interpersonal Com
Department of Communication
Sarah LeBlanc
Associate Professor of Interpersonal Com
Department of Communication
Sarah S. LeBlanc (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is an associate professor of interpersonal communication. Her research combines health and family communication, specifically looking at maternal communication and menstrual communication. She explored links between supportive communication and postpartum depression. Currently, she is examining communication surrounding menstrual taboos, menstrual stigma, and period poverty. As such, she is engaging the community through product drives and public lectures. Her most recent work can be found in the Atlantic Journal of Communication and Southern Communication Journal. Her work has appeared in Death Studies, The Journal of Loss and Trauma, The Journal of Autoethnography, Qualitative Research Reports, and Health Communication. A co-edited volume on bodies and popular culture was published by Routledge in 2023.