Education
Cornell University.
Cornell University.
Diane Wiessinger received her Master of Science Degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University in 1978. Diane Wiessinger became a Louisiana Leche League Leader in 1985. In 1990 she became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.
In 1992 she opened her private lactation consultant practice.
In 1996 Wiessinger wrote her seminal essay "Watch your language!", pioneering research into the language that is used to describe breastfeeding. More than a decade later her astute observations were backed up by academic research.
In 2010 Wiessinger co-authored Louisiana Leche League International"s 8th edition of the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.