Teachers Pumping in Schools

“In highlighting the stories of teachers who face pumping at work, Toedt brings their hidden labor into view.”Dr Mandie Bevels Dunn, Assistant Professor, The University of South Florida

Elise Toedt is a researcher, poet, and teacher. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her current research focuses on the embodied experiences of teachers in schools as they navigate time, space, and workplace policies related to lactation. Her wider research interests include: Carework and its place within capitalist systems, the impact of intersectional identities on teaching praxis, critical creative writing pedagogies, and feminist, arts-based research methodologies. Prior to her experience in higher education, Toedt taught secondary English for eight years in the Twin Cities, United States, and in Java, Indonesia.