Lynn O’Brien Hallstein (PhD Ohio State University) is a Professor of Rhetoric at the College of General Studies and is the Assistant Provost for General Education at Boston University.  As a motherhood scholar who employs a communication lens, her research explores the various ways that contemporary motherhood is constructed rhetorically. She has published several books and various peer-reviewed journal articles and/or book chapters, while also presenting conference papers regularly at both communication and motherhood conferences.