Kristen Burke, PhD

Kristen Burke (she/her) is a sociologist and demographer whose research examines how social structures contribute to inequalities in people’s ability to achieve their childbearing desires and avoid undesired pregnancies. She has published research on access to contraception and abortion in the United States, with a particular focus on preferred contraceptive use, and has evaluated how social institutions, including the labor market and marriage, shape childbearing patterns in the post-Recession United States. Dr. Burke received her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a trainee in the Population Research Center.