For the past five years, Dr. Tropp has been exploring representations of pregnancy and motherhood in media. A piece titled, “Faking a Sonogram’: Representations of Motherhood on Sex and the City” appeared in Journal of Popular Culture. She recently completed another manuscript titled “The Backseat Pregnancy: Fetuses, Fathers, and Television” which examines fatherhood and pregnancy. She is currently at work on a book-length manuscript on pregnancy and media titled, A Womb with a View: Pregnancy in Changing Media Environments. Laura’s work has allowed her to talk to pregnant mothers across the country and to explore the representation of pregnancy in popular culture on-line, on television, in film, and in unexpected aspects of society.