Sharon Barrett, M.A., M.Ed.

Social scientist and student midwife. My work spans the intersection of public health, public policy, and philosophy. I’m a nonprofit leader specializing in the needs of childbearing families. #ProjectFILIA #MotherBaby #TheologyoftheBody

Selected

Featured Work

Explore a selection of research projects I’ve helped bring to life.

Colorful design tools and sketches on a desk

MonoFrame

2025 · A lightweight, full-site editing block theme that delivers a clean, responsive canvas with global styles defined via theme.json.

Laptop showing analytics dashboard

Chronicle Journal

2025 · A modern, block-based WordPress theme designed specifically for journal and news websites.

Design wireframes pinned on a board

LocalMerchant

2025 · A modern, responsive WordPress theme designed for local businesses and merchants.

Collaborative workshop around a table

Contributor Highlights

2024 · WordPress plugin that showcases your WordPress.org contributions beautifully, right on your profile to your site.

Services

Focus areas

The areas where I turn ideas into content.

Public health

I address the dynamics of underserved areas, such as rural maternity care deserts.

Public policy

I study the effects of midwifery regulation.

Philosophy

I integrate perspectives on human rights into my work.

Profile

About

Sharon Barrett is a social scientist and student midwife. Her work on midwives spans the intersection of public health, public policy, and philosophy. She serves childbearing families as director of Project FILIA, a nonprofit agency she founded to bring midwives to maternity care deserts.

Credentials

Learning notes

Entries from courses, workshops, and independent study.

Maps and margins

Independent study · 2025

Reading rooms

Workshop series · 2024

Small archives

Research circle · 2023

Shared tools

Studio session · 2022

Volunteer

Community

Where you can find my ongoing contributions.

The Long Table

2025

Host · Monthly reading group

A quiet evening for sharing unfinished writing, gathered references, and objects found on the walk over.

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Open Shelf

2024

Contributor · Neighborhood library shelf

A rotating shelf of handmade publications, borrowed books, and reader-made index cards.

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Weather Office

2025

Participant · Weekend workshop

A two-day exercise in recording local weather through drawings, sound, and small written observations.

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Testimonials

What academic supervisors say

Testimonial 1

Testimonial 2

Notes

From the journal

Recent notes on projects, references, places, and works in progress.

Get in touch

Contact

For correspondence, notes, and project archives, write to Sharon at the address below.