Steph Herold, MPH, is a Researcher who leads the Abortion Onscreen team in studying the portrayal of abortion on television and in film at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health. Steph has over fifteen years of experience in the reproductive health, rights, and justice fields, and has won several awards, including the Rosie Jimenez Award from the Women’s Medical Fund. Steph has co-authored over a dozen peer-reviewed publications and grey literature papers mainly focusing on abortion in popular culture, abortion stigma, and self-managed abortion. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The American Prospect, and many other national outlets. Her past board tenure includes serving on the Board of Directors of All-Options, the Advisory Board of ReproAction, the Board of Directors of the New York Abortion Access Fund, the inaugural Steering Committee of the International Network for the Reduction of Abortion Discrimination and Stigma, and the Board of Directors of ACCESS: Women’s Health Justice. Steph earned her MPH from Columbia University and her BA from Bryn Mawr College.
Research Analyst
M_ObGyn-Bixby-ZSFG
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology
Culture, health & sexuality
“You can’t tell this story without abortion”: television creators on narrative intention and development of abortion stories on their shows
When Stories Are All We Have: The Role of Television in a Future in Which Abortion is Illegal
The New York Times
The American Prospect
Los Angeles Review of Books
Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health
Health communication
“I can’t believe your mixed ass wasn’t on the pill!”: race and abortion on American scripted television, 2008-2019
Contraception: X
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
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