Emily Winderman is a health rhetoric scholar and Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, known for research that examines reproductive health communication, medical rhetoric, and the sociopolitical dimensions of care work. Her scholarship explores how public discourse, clinical practices, and policy shape experiences of pregnancy, loss, and reproductive justice, and her work appears in leading communication and rhetoric journals. In addition to her academic contributions, she is recognized for her engagement with embodied practices and functional movement, often integrating these interests into her pedagogy and public scholarship, alongside a personal affinity for rock collecting.