Prior to teaching at UMBC she worked at the Census Bureau, University Research Corporation, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Women and Children's Health Policy. As a social demographer her work includes public health research on unintended pregnancy, contraceptive use, and abortion. Her latest efforts focus on contraceptive knowledge, preference, and choice after abortion and in the post-partum period. She received her B.A. from Duke University, her M.P.P. from Georgetown University, and her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomburg School of Public Health specializing in population and reproductive health. Filed under: