AMY  E. ALTERMAN

PHD, MPH

Ph.D. in Culture & Performance | MPH Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights | Research Associate at UCLA

  • I am a feminist ethnographer engaged in critical interdisciplinary research at the intersection of performance and sexual health.

MY APPROACH

I summon the literature and methods of gender studies, performance studies, (medical) anthropology, and public health to examine inequities in reproductive health and to identify potential strategies. I focus on how activists use the performing arts, paying particular attention to humor, to destigmatize taboo health topics and advocate for social justice.