Steph Herold, MPH
Research Analyst, ANSIRH
Ms. Herold conducts qualitative research on the portrayal of abortion on television and in film and partners with ANSIRH researchers to leverage their work for various audiences beyond academia. Steph has twelve years of experience in the reproductive health, rights, and justice field, including co-founding the Sea Change Program, the first non-profit to focus entirely on reducing abortion stigma. Steph has expertise in multidisciplinary research design and implementation, has co-authored numerous grey literature papers on stigma and sexuality, including on media coverage of abortion, youth sexuality stigma, addressing stigma through service delivery, and evaluations of abortion stigma interventions. Steph currently serves on the Advisory Board of ReproAction, and has served on the Board of Directors of the New York Abortion Access Fund, the 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.
Areas of interest:
- Reproductive health, rights and justice
- Abortion access and stigma
Education:
- Columbia University, Masters of Public Health
- Bryn Mawr College, Bachelor of Arts
In the news:
- Abortion storytellers and the harassment they face (op-ed) | The Hill
- From ordinary to extraordinary: putting the "Shrill" abortion scene in context (op-ed) | Rewire
- How you can support abortion rights today (op-ed) | Lilith Magazine
- Yes, taxpayer dollars should fund abortions (op-ed) | The Hill
- People have multiple abortions - and stigmatizing them is counterproductive (op-ed) | Rewire
- 'Dirty Dancing' led the way in depicting abortion - if only other media would follow (op-ed) | Rewire
- When allies stigmatize: Nick Kristof, family planning and abortion (op-ed) | Rewire
- The pro-choice movement has won the culture war | The Nation
- 'Orange is the New Black' abortion scenes spark questions about the procedure, experts say | Bustle
- The TV shows that addressed abortion in 2018 highlighted the experiences of women of color | Bustle
- These women want to change the way you think about abortion | Cosmopolitan