Areas of Interest: Reproduction & Reproductive Justice, Health and Medicine, Social Cognition, Inequality, Intersectionality, Body and Embodiment, Family, Mixed methods.

I am an associate professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. My work examines race, gender, and reproduction. I am particularly interested in social cognition and the consequences of meaning-making for sexual and reproductive behavior. My research agenda centers projects that interrogate how everyday cultural constructions shape family processes, particularly at the nexus between embodiment and biomedical technologies. 
 
Broadly, I am motivated by exploring the limits of biomedical frameworks in explaining and understanding undesired pregnancy as a public health phenomenon, as well as theorizing the social underpinnings of fundamental life processes that are often taken for granted as natural. 

I am currently working on launching a project investigating risk tolerance in contraceptive use among couples with funding received from a K01 award from the National Institutes of Health. 

Alongside my research, teaching, and service, I also very much enjoy supporting other academics through productivity consulting and performance coaching. You can read more about my work via my Work with Me page.

​Before earning my Ph.D. from Stanford, I was a sociology and Spanish language & culture double-major at Occidental.

             Photo credit: Marc Campos

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