An interdisciplinary approach to studying sexual and reproductive health policy and equity in the United States.

I study structural factors influencing access to and use of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in the US, with a particular focus on state-level SRH policy, health equity, and multilevel SRH stigma and mis- and disinformation. Informed by the Reproductive Justice framework, I examine how sociopolitical systems and structures influence SRH access and outcomes, highlighting how these systems differentially affect individuals and communities and centering the experiences of those in the Southeast. I am privileged to collaborate closely with several local and national reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations on community-led and community-driven SRH research.

Publications

  • "Variation in Restrictive Abortion Policies and Adverse Birth Outcomes in the United States from 2005 to 2015." Women's Health Issues. April 2022. Open-access article available here.

    "Racial/ethnic and educational inequities in restrictive abortion policy variation and adverse birth outcomes in the United States." BMC Health Services Research. October 2021. Open-access article available here.

  • "Estimation of Multiyear Consequences for Abortion Access in Georgia Under a Law Limiting Abortion to Early Pregnancy." JAMA Network Open. March 2023. Open-access article available here.

    "Racial and Ethnic Abortion Disparities Following Georgia's 22-Week Gestational Age Limit." Women's Health Issues. February 2022. Open-access article available here.

    "Abortion Trends in Georgia Following Enactment of the 22-Week Gestational Age Limit, 2007–2017." American Journal of Public Health. July 2020. PDF available here.

  • "Medication Abortion “Reversal” Laws: How Unsound Science Paved the Way for Dangerous Abortion Policy." American Journal of Public Health. January 2023. Open-access article available here.

    "Dispersion of Contraceptive Access Policies Across the United States from 2006 to 2021." Prevention Medicine Reports. June 2022. Open-access article available here.

  • "Effects of Georgia's Medicaid Family Planning Waiver on Pregnancy Characteristics and Birth Outcomes." Women's Health Issues. April 2024. PDF available here.

    "Medicaid Family Planning Expansions: The Effect of State Plan Amendments on Postpartum Contraceptive Use." Journal of Women's Health. April 2019. PDF available here.

  • "Collective Persistence, Care, and Advocacy Amid Repeated Attacks on Reproductive Freedom." American Journal of Public Health. September 2024. Open-access article here.

    "'Post-Roe' Abortion Policy Context Heightens the Imperative for Multilevel, Comprehensive, Integrated Health Education." Health Education & Behavior. September 2022. Open-access article here.