Profile
Andréa Becker (she/they) is a medical sociologist researching “contested medical practices,” or elements of healthcare that are stigmatized or controversial. As part of this agenda, Dr. Becker examines how inequality manifests at every stage of human reproduction—from contraception and sterilization, abortion and birth, to sexual experiences. Her first book Get It Out: On the Politics of Hysterectomy (NYU Press 2025) examines hysterectomy from a trans-inclusive reproductive justice framework and interrogates the idea of reproductive "choices." Current projects include examining how men benefit from their partner's ability to access abortion. To learn more about Dr. Becker's work, visit andrea-becker.com.
Before joining Hunter College, Dr. Becker was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco in the interdisciplinary reproductive health research group ANSIRH. Her research was awarded the ASA Roberta G. Simmons Outstanding Dissertation Award in Medical Sociology, the Society of Family Planning Emerging Scholars grant, as well as the ASA
SKAT Hacker Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award. Her work has been published in several journals, including Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Science & Medicine, Gender & Society, and Contraception. Dr. Becker has also written for mainstream media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and Slate. She earned a BA in Sociology and Gender Studies from Wake Forest University, an MA in Sociology from Vanderbilt University, and a PhD from the CUNY Graduate Center where she was a National Science Foundation GRFP fellow.