I use qualitative and quantitative methods to explore questions regarding medicine, gender & sexuality, the politics of reproduction, and science and technology studies.
My research has been funded by the National Science Foundation GRFP, the Society for Family Planning, the Woodrow Wilson Women’s Studies Fellowship, the CUNY Dissertation Fellowship, and more.
My work is published in a range of high impact journals. A list of peer reviewed articles can be found below. I have various forthcoming articles on hysterectomy, abortion, and gender affirming care in-progress and under review.
My research has been covered by a range of outlets including STAT Health, Wired, Vanity Fair, Scientific American, NPR, Vice, High Country News, Business Insider, American Independent, Bitch Media, MSNBC, La Nación. Available for media inquiries.
Selected Articles
Becker, Andréa. 2023. “Stratified Reproduction, Hysterectomy, and the Social Process of Opting into Infertility.” Gender & Society, 37(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/08912432231175655
*2021 Winner of the ASA SKAT Hacker Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award
Becker, Andréa. 2023. “‘Why would we take a man? This is an OB/GYN’: Examining transmasculine experiences seeking a hysterectomy.” Practicing Privilege, Subverting Stigma: Men in Women-Dominated Spaces in Sociology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13158
Koenig, Leah, Andréa Becker, Jennifer Ko, and Ushma Upadhyay. 2023. “The role of telehealth in promoting equitable abortion access in the United States: a spatial analysis.” JMIR Public Health & Surveillance. 10.2196/45671
Biggs, M. Antonia, Andréa Becker, Rosalyn Schroeder,Shelly Kaller,Daniel Grossman, Sarah Raifman, Lauren Ralph. 2023. “National levels of support for legalizing and not punishing people who attempt self-managed abortion (SMA): A nationally representative survey.” Social Science and Medicine.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116433
Pleasure, Zoe, Andréa Becker, Dana Johnson, Kathleen Broussard, Laura Lindberg. 2024 “How TikTok is being used to talk about abortion post-Roe: A content analysis of the most liked abortion TikToks.” Contraception, 110384. 10.1016/j.contraception.2024.110384
Patterson, Evelyn, Andréa Becker and Darwin Baluran. 2022. “Gendered Racism on the Body: An Intersectional Approach to Maternal Mortality in the United States.” Population Research and Policy Review 41:1261-1294. doi.org/10.1007/s11113-021-09691-2
Broussard, Kathleen, and Andréa Becker. 2021.“Self-Removal of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: A Content Analysis of YouTube Videos.” Contraception. doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.08.002
Becker, Andréa, and Lena R. Hann. 2021. “‘It Makes It More Real’: Examining Ambiguous Fetal Meanings in Abortion Care.” Social Science & Medicine 272:113736. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113736
Becker, Andréa. 2019. “‘My Abortion Made Me a Good Mom’: An Analysis of the Use of Motherhood Identity to Dispel Abortion Stigma.” Reproduction, Health, and Medicine, Advances in Medical Sociology 20:219-240. Guest Editors: Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Susan Markens, and Miranda R. Waggoner. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-629020190000020018
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