Nationality American Field Sociology | Fields sociologist | |
Institution University of California, Davis Books Dispatches from the Abortion, Doctors of Conscience: The Strug, The Regulation of Sexuali, Regulation of Sexuality | ||
Carole E. Joffe is an American sociologist and reproductive rights advocate who has published several books on abortion. In 2013, she was awarded the Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award for her research on the sociology of abortion and family planning. She has also earned the UC Davis Public Service Award (2006), the Irwin Kushner Lecture by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (2010), and the David Gunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Abortion Care Network (2015).
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Joffe earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
She is a professor emerita at the University of California, Davis, and currently a professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at ANSIRH (Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health), part of the University of California, San Francisco.