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Clara S Lewis

PhD

Clara S Lewis teaches at Dartmouth College and serves as an expert witness on neonaticide cases. She writes at the intersection of sociology, law, and American history, with publications in journals including Pediatrics and Critical Criminology. She is also Mars and Ivy’s mom.

July 22, 2025

Chapter 110: A Hidden Crisis-American Infanticide & The Emilie Weaver Case with Clara S. Lewis

Today I sat down with Clara S. Lewis, author of American Infanticide: Sexism, Science, and the Politics of Sympathy, to examine the deeply unsettling and complex case of Emilie Weaver, a college student convicted of killing h...

Guest: Clara S Lewis