Carole Joffe, PhD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH)
Professor Emerita, Dept. of Sociology, University of California, Davis
Dr. Joffe's most recent book is Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplinary Readings, co-edited with Jennifer Reich. She is the author of four additional books:
- Friendly Intruders: Childcare Professionals and Family Life
- The Regulation of Sexuality: Experiences of Family Planning Workers
- Doctors of Conscience: The Struggle to Provide Abortion before and after Roe v. Wade
- Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients and the Rest of Us
She also is the author of numerous articles on various aspects of reproductive health services and politics. Besides writing for an academic audience, Joffe has throughout her career written for the general public, publishing op-eds and letters in leading newspapers (Los Angeles Times. Washington Post, New York Times, etc) and websites, such as RHRealitycheck.org, Huffington Post, Salon, Slate and others.
Areas of interest:
- Sociology of reproductive health and reproductive politics
- Sociological aspects of abortion provision
- Gender and public policy
Awards and honors:
- David Gunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Abortion Care Network, 2015
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Family Planning, 2013
- Irwin Kushner Lecturer by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, 2010
- Public Service Award granted by the faculty senate at UC Davis, 2006
Education:
- University of California, Berkeley, Doctorate in Sociology
In the news:
- Even Texas allows abortions to protect a woman's life. Or does it? (op-ed) | New York Times
- Anti-choice politicians are using the coronavirus crisis to deny abortion rights (op-ed) | Rolling Stone
- Supporters of abortion rights should be energized, not demoralized (op-ed) | Washington Post
- Remembering George Tiller and his vital legacy in America abortion history (op-ed) | The Guardian
- With the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh, Roe v. Wade is likely dead (op-ed) | Washington Post
- Title X facilities are already over-regulated (op-ed) | The Hill
- Volunteers are the unsung heroes of abortion care (op-ed) | Huffington Post
- When Hurricane Harvey hit, Texas abortion providers stepped up (op-ed) | Rewire
- Moral convictions: and interview with David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe | Los Angeles Review of Books
- 10 years ago Dr. George Tiller was murdered for providing abortions: Has there been a rise in anti-abortion violence since? | Newsweek
- What does Alabama's new abortion law mean for Roe v. Wade? There's a purpose to this | Elite Daily
- Abortion pills would be no panacea if Roe v. Wade falls | Bloomberg
- A glimpse into your post-Roe future | Cosmopolitan
- What would the world be like without Roe v. Wade? | Yahoo News