Dr. Ophra Leyser-Whalen
I am a medical sociologist whose research focuses on reproductive health. I use qualitative and quantitative research methods to study issues of infertility, sterilization, contraception and abortion. I am happily involved in several current projects with students. I publish in social science, medical, and interdisciplinary journals. I completed my PhD in sociology from the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Kansas and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas Medical Branch prior to becoming an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at UTEP.
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"Self-perception as having a Fertility Problem among Infertility Patients":
Selected Publications
White, Kari, Ophra Leyser-Whalen, Brooke Whitfield, Asha Dane’el, Alexis Andrea, Anna Rupani, Bhavik Kumar, Ghazaleh Moayedi. 2023. “Abortion assistance fund staff and volunteers as patient navigators following an abortion ban in Texas.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 1-9. DOI: 10.1363/psrh.12240
Leyser-Whalen, Ophra and Virginia L. Jenkins. 2021. “The Continuum of Sexual and Reproductive Health Talk Types Daughters have with Mothers and Siblings.” Sexuality Research and Social Policy 10.1007/s13178-021-00553-2
Leyser-Whalen, Ophra and Abbey B. Berenson. 2019. “Situating Oneself in the Intersectional Hierarchy: Racially Diverse, Low-Income Women Discuss Little Agency in Vasectomy Decisions.” Sex Roles 17 pgs.
Leyser-Whalen, Ophra, Arthur L. Greil, Julia McQuillan, Katherine M. Johnson, and Karina M. Shreffler. 2018. “‘Just Because a Doctor Says Something, Doesn’t Mean that will Happen’: Self-perception as Having a Fertility Problem among Infertility Patients.” Sociology of Health and Illness 40,3:445-462.
Leyser-Whalen, Ophra, and Abbey B. Berenson. 2013. “Control and Constraint for Low-income Women Choosing Outpatient Sterilization.” Qualitative Health Research 23,8:1114-1124.
Leyser-Whalen, Ophra, Mahbubur Rahman, and Abbey B. Berenson. 2011. “Natural and Social Disasters: Racial Inequality in Access to Contraceptives after Hurricane Ike.” Journal of Women’s Health 20,12:1861-1866.
Contact Information
Email: oleyserwhalen@utep.edu
Phone: 1-915-747-6587
Fax: 1-915-747-5505
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