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Kari L White

Kari White is an associate professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work and Department of Sociology. She is also the executive and scientific director of Resound Research for Reproductive Health, a multidisciplinary collaborative of social scientists and healthcare professionals.

White has expertise in reproductive health policy and health service delivery, informed by her research that uses both quantitative and qualitative methods. Her research projects aim to assess how policies related to abortion and contraception (including vasectomy) affect peoples reproductive healthcare outcomes and experiences seeking and obtaining care, with a geographic focus on Texas and surrounding states.

Dr. White studies reproductive health and policy, with a specialty on family planning and abortion policy in Texas and the southeastern region of the United States. Much of her research is conducted as part of The Texas Policy Evaluation Project, a collaborative group of researchers who evaluate the impact of legislation in Texas related to womens reproductive health. She has been interviewed as an expert for news outlets such as the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio and has been featured as an op-ed contributor in the Washington Post, The Hill, the Austin-American-Statesman, and more.

Expertise: womens health policy; reproductive health, family planning legislation; contraception; abortion; Texas state policy on womens health; Title X; vasectomy; abortion and family planning policy in the southeastern United States

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Kari L White

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