Christie Sennott

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Fertility and Family Formation, Maternal and Child Health, Gender

Biography

Christie Sennott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology. Her research addresses the social, cultural, and structural factors that shape sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, and family formation. She also considers how gender and gender inequality shape these processes. She has analyzed related questions across several contexts, including the United States, Asia (South Korea, China, India), and sub-Saharan Africa (South Africa, Malawi, cross-national). Her mixed methods research combines robust statistical analyses of large-scale longitudinal databases with in-depth interview data. Her research and training have been supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Institute of International Education, the American Association of University Women, and the National Institutes of Health. Her work has appeared in several high-impact journals such as Demography; Social Problems; Journal of Marriage and Family; Gender & Society; and Population and Development Review. Dr. Sennott has received several research and teaching awards including the Excellence in Discovery and Creative Endeavors Award and the Kenneth T. Kofmehl Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts (Purdue) and the Burkhart Award for Excellence in Family Research from the Center for Families (Purdue). She currently serves as Principal Investigator on an R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grant entitled “Reproductive Healthcare Deserts and Inequalities in Maternal and Infant Health,” funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R21 HD115062).