Bio          

Kathleen Broussard received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin (2022), where she specialized in demography as a fellow at the Population Research Center. She also holds an M.A. from the University of Chicago. She is a faculty affiliate of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at USC and the Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Research

Dr. Kathleen Broussard is a sociologist and demographer whose research examines how social, institutional, and technological conditions shape family formation, fertility, and health across the life course. Employing a range of methods, including surveys and interviews, she studies how people navigate constraints on their reproductive preferences and behaviors.  

Her recent research examines the reproductive lives and preferences of two distinct groups: young adults who do not yet have children and mothers with four or more children. Across these projects, she investigates how economic conditions, health care systems, policy environments, and social relationships shape fertility goals, health, and well-being.

Dr. Broussard’s research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Society of Family Planning. Her work has appeared in leading peer reviewed journals, including Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Science and Medicine, Population Studies, JAMA Network Open, and American Journal of Public Health. She has received multiple awards from the American Sociological Association and the Eastern Sociological Society in recognition of her contributions to sociology.