Leigh Senderowicz
@lsenderowicz.bsky.social
Public health & feminist demography | Reproductive coercion and autonomy | What we measure & why | Assistant Professor @ UW Madison | She/her | Views my own
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📣 Save the date! Feminist Demography Pre-PAA Workshop hosted by @feministdemography.bsky.social
🗓️ Wed, May 6, 2026 | 9am–5pm CST
📍 America’s Center, St. Louis
✨ Flash talks, panel discussion, community building, social hour, and more
Everyone is welcome!
Registration info coming soon
🗓️ Wed, May 6, 2026 | 9am–5pm CST
📍 America’s Center, St. Louis
✨ Flash talks, panel discussion, community building, social hour, and more
Everyone is welcome!
Registration info coming soon
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Fellow #demographers - coming to #PAA2026 ? 🤓
💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!
Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!
Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!
💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!
Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!
Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Fellow #demographers - coming to #PAA2026 ? 🤓
💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!
Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!
Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!
💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!
Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!
Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!
Our call for flash talk abstracts is now live!
🗓️ Due 3/15
✨ Early-career scholars are especially encouraged to submit!
CFP: tinyurl.com/yusch42m
Submit: tinyurl.com/z3napf3a
Inspiration and more on feminist demography: www.feministdemography.org
🗓️ Due 3/15
✨ Early-career scholars are especially encouraged to submit!
CFP: tinyurl.com/yusch42m
Submit: tinyurl.com/z3napf3a
Inspiration and more on feminist demography: www.feministdemography.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Our call for flash talk abstracts is now live!
🗓️ Due 3/15
✨ Early-career scholars are especially encouraged to submit!
CFP: tinyurl.com/yusch42m
Submit: tinyurl.com/z3napf3a
Inspiration and more on feminist demography: www.feministdemography.org
🗓️ Due 3/15
✨ Early-career scholars are especially encouraged to submit!
CFP: tinyurl.com/yusch42m
Submit: tinyurl.com/z3napf3a
Inspiration and more on feminist demography: www.feministdemography.org
Especially excited for our session on bringing feminist approaches into quantitative methods with Christina Pao + our friends at @femquant.bsky.social
If you’ve been thinking about how to do critical, feminist quant work well, this is for you.
If you’ve been thinking about how to do critical, feminist quant work well, this is for you.
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Especially excited for our session on bringing feminist approaches into quantitative methods with Christina Pao + our friends at @femquant.bsky.social
If you’ve been thinking about how to do critical, feminist quant work well, this is for you.
If you’ve been thinking about how to do critical, feminist quant work well, this is for you.
📣 Save the date! Feminist Demography Pre-PAA Workshop hosted by @feministdemography.bsky.social
🗓️ Wed, May 6, 2026 | 9am–5pm CST
📍 America’s Center, St. Louis
✨ Flash talks, panel discussion, community building, social hour, and more
Everyone is welcome!
Registration info coming soon
🗓️ Wed, May 6, 2026 | 9am–5pm CST
📍 America’s Center, St. Louis
✨ Flash talks, panel discussion, community building, social hour, and more
Everyone is welcome!
Registration info coming soon
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
📣 Save the date! Feminist Demography Pre-PAA Workshop hosted by @feministdemography.bsky.social
🗓️ Wed, May 6, 2026 | 9am–5pm CST
📍 America’s Center, St. Louis
✨ Flash talks, panel discussion, community building, social hour, and more
Everyone is welcome!
Registration info coming soon
🗓️ Wed, May 6, 2026 | 9am–5pm CST
📍 America’s Center, St. Louis
✨ Flash talks, panel discussion, community building, social hour, and more
Everyone is welcome!
Registration info coming soon
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December 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I have a new article out in special issue on reproductive vulnerabilities!
My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism
The whole issue looks incredible!
My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism
The whole issue looks incredible!
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I have a new article out in special issue on reproductive vulnerabilities!
My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism
The whole issue looks incredible!
My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism
The whole issue looks incredible!
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📔New #publication in Contraception and Reproductive Medicine from CDE affiliate @lsenderowicz.bsky.social suggests that many women in Kisumu report experiencing some form of provider-imposed contraceptive coercion
➡️Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
➡️Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
📔New #publication in Contraception and Reproductive Medicine from CDE affiliate @lsenderowicz.bsky.social suggests that many women in Kisumu report experiencing some form of provider-imposed contraceptive coercion
➡️Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
➡️Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
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👏New #publication in American Journal of Public Health from CDE affiliates Jenny Higgins and @lsenderowicz.bsky.social
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 9
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
👏New #publication in American Journal of Public Health from CDE affiliates Jenny Higgins and @lsenderowicz.bsky.social
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
➡️“A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why”
doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...
WE'RE HIRING!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
Assistant/Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (RISE - THRIVE) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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October 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
WE'RE HIRING!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
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📢 An @amjpublichealth.bsky.social editorial from CORE scholars Jenny Higgins, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social and Diana Carvajal celebrates how a new measure of sexual and reproductive wellbeing from Christine Dehlendorf and team could improve equity and science. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
A Measure Aligned With Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Sexual Well-Being…? Yes Please, and Here’s Why | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 9
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
ajph.aphapublications.org
September 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
📢 An @amjpublichealth.bsky.social editorial from CORE scholars Jenny Higgins, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social and Diana Carvajal celebrates how a new measure of sexual and reproductive wellbeing from Christine Dehlendorf and team could improve equity and science. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
So excited that the #PAA2026 call includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!
We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
August 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So excited that the #PAA2026 call includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!
And please note that while the session is listed under the fertility/SRH track, submissions to this session are welcome from all corners of the population sciences
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
And please note that while the session is listed under the fertility/SRH track, submissions to this session are welcome from all corners of the population sciences
CALLING ALL DEMOGRAPHERS/POPULATION SCIENTISTS
I am thrilled to share that the #PAA2026 call for papers is now out and includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
It's session 917 so get your submissions ready and share widely!!
I am thrilled to share that the #PAA2026 call for papers is now out and includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
It's session 917 so get your submissions ready and share widely!!
Call for Papers - PAA 2026 Annual Meeting
www.populationassociation.org
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
CALLING ALL DEMOGRAPHERS/POPULATION SCIENTISTS
I am thrilled to share that the #PAA2026 call for papers is now out and includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
It's session 917 so get your submissions ready and share widely!!
I am thrilled to share that the #PAA2026 call for papers is now out and includes a dedicated session on:
**Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography**
It's session 917 so get your submissions ready and share widely!!
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In the introduction to the Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice @rishie.bsky.social, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Wendy Sigle outline how the RJ framework was developed and how it extends how reproductive rights are approached by feminist scholars and activists.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3mxp4a78
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3mxp4a78
Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics?
This special issue focuses on reproductive justice (RJ) as a framework for feminist research and activism. The introduction provides an overview of when and why the RJ framework was developed, outl...
www.tandfonline.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In the introduction to the Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice @rishie.bsky.social, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Wendy Sigle outline how the RJ framework was developed and how it extends how reproductive rights are approached by feminist scholars and activists.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3mxp4a78
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3mxp4a78
Reposted by Leigh Senderowicz
📢Now in Feminist Economics: "A Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics" edited by @rishie.bsky.social, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Wendy Sigle.
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/31/1
🎥Fireside Chat: tinyurl.com/zm7mrk9u
We'll feature key articles over the next weeks
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/31/1
🎥Fireside Chat: tinyurl.com/zm7mrk9u
We'll feature key articles over the next weeks
Feminist Economics
A Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics. Volume 31, Issue 1 of Feminist Economics
www.tandfonline.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢Now in Feminist Economics: "A Special Issue on Global Reproductive Justice and Feminist Economics" edited by @rishie.bsky.social, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social & Wendy Sigle.
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/31/1
🎥Fireside Chat: tinyurl.com/zm7mrk9u
We'll feature key articles over the next weeks
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/31/1
🎥Fireside Chat: tinyurl.com/zm7mrk9u
We'll feature key articles over the next weeks
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Journalists often ask for my thoughts on the contemporary US pronatalist movement. My assessment is based on my expertise and training as a social demographer, and my own research on childbearing behaviors at the individual and aggregate levels.
Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/
Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/
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ALT: a woman says let 's get into it with a pinkvilla logo in the background
media.tenor.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Journalists often ask for my thoughts on the contemporary US pronatalist movement. My assessment is based on my expertise and training as a social demographer, and my own research on childbearing behaviors at the individual and aggregate levels.
Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/
Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/
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I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
May 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
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I remain sceptical of abortion decrim through carceral frameworks that expand police powers, particularly when we see increasing police guidance (governance!) on abortion.
I don’t see how we achieve reproductive freedom by tying ourselves to these logics. These, to me, aren’t wise compromises.
I don’t see how we achieve reproductive freedom by tying ourselves to these logics. These, to me, aren’t wise compromises.
May 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I remain sceptical of abortion decrim through carceral frameworks that expand police powers, particularly when we see increasing police guidance (governance!) on abortion.
I don’t see how we achieve reproductive freedom by tying ourselves to these logics. These, to me, aren’t wise compromises.
I don’t see how we achieve reproductive freedom by tying ourselves to these logics. These, to me, aren’t wise compromises.
Making graduate school harder to access is part of a very deliberate strategy to raise the “married birth rate”
The idea is that making higher ed scarcer will prevent women from wasting prime fertile years on education and other useless pursuits
Nightmare fuel: www.heritage.org/education/re...
The idea is that making higher ed scarcer will prevent women from wasting prime fertile years on education and other useless pursuits
Nightmare fuel: www.heritage.org/education/re...
May 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Making graduate school harder to access is part of a very deliberate strategy to raise the “married birth rate”
The idea is that making higher ed scarcer will prevent women from wasting prime fertile years on education and other useless pursuits
Nightmare fuel: www.heritage.org/education/re...
The idea is that making higher ed scarcer will prevent women from wasting prime fertile years on education and other useless pursuits
Nightmare fuel: www.heritage.org/education/re...
Reposted by Leigh Senderowicz
1/ Is population collapsing?
It felt like time to process some of my #demography feelings about recent #population panic.
While demographers don't endorse generational labels (ahem @philipncohen.com),for this GenXer there will always be Princess Bride memes.
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd...?
It felt like time to process some of my #demography feelings about recent #population panic.
While demographers don't endorse generational labels (ahem @philipncohen.com),for this GenXer there will always be Princess Bride memes.
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd...?
May 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1/ Is population collapsing?
It felt like time to process some of my #demography feelings about recent #population panic.
While demographers don't endorse generational labels (ahem @philipncohen.com),for this GenXer there will always be Princess Bride memes.
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd...?
It felt like time to process some of my #demography feelings about recent #population panic.
While demographers don't endorse generational labels (ahem @philipncohen.com),for this GenXer there will always be Princess Bride memes.
open.substack.com/pub/jenndowd...?
I was part of a friend group of four girls in high school. Three of us have no kids and one of us has 8. Voila!
May 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I was part of a friend group of four girls in high school. Three of us have no kids and one of us has 8. Voila!
Growing up means realizing that Kevin, not Nick or Brian, is actually the best Backstreet Boy
May 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Growing up means realizing that Kevin, not Nick or Brian, is actually the best Backstreet Boy
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🌍New #publication in BMJ Journals from CDE affiliate Leigh Senderowicz & colleagues
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Global family planning scholars have critiqued traditional measures of programmatic success and called for new, person-centred measures that consider people’s preferences. We propose a new measure tha...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🌍New #publication in BMJ Journals from CDE affiliate Leigh Senderowicz & colleagues
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
➡️ “Measuring misaligned contraceptive use among reproductive-aged women in Kisumu, Kenya: a cross-sectional, population-based study”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Also, yay -- a literal expert!
April 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Also, yay -- a literal expert!
Can't wait to listen to this!
April 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Can't wait to listen to this!