Jessica Harrison, PHD, LCSW

Research Interests  

• Health-related stigma
• Health equity
• Process of professionalization and biomedicalization
• Mental health and reproductive health
• Qualitative methods

Experience and Current Work  

Dr. Jessica M. Harrison is a sociologist with expertise in the organization and politics of healthcare, spanning the areas of reproductive health and mental health. Her research critically examines how health professions are established and organized, the consequences of cultural and structural reliance on the medical model, and health-related stigma. Her work as a social scientist is informed by a career providing mental healthcare in hospitals, primary care, community-based settings, and independent practice, always with a focus on reproductive life experiences including abortion, infertility, and the perinatal period. Read more about her work as a scholar, educator, and activist at jessicamharrison.com.

Education and Training 

• PhD, Sociology, University of California, San Francisco  
• MA, Sociology, Columbia University  
• MSSW, Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison  
• BSW, Social Work and Gender Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

Publications

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