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Risa Cromer is an Associate Professor in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University, specializing in Medical Anthropology and Feminist Science and Technology Studies. She focuses on social justice issues, bioethical controversies, and the intersections of reproduction, race, disability, and advocacy. With her Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (2016), Risa has participated in collaborative interdisciplinary teams as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University's Center for Biomedical Ethics and as a visiting scholar at the Reproductive Sociology Research Group at Cambridge University. Since joining Purdue University in Fall 2019, she has been involved in various research projects that engage with mental health services for veterans and grassroots reproductive justice efforts. Her current research investigates the political dynamics surrounding frozen human embryos in the context of in vitro fertilization in the United States. Risa's work has been supported by prestigious organizations such as the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Thinking Matters program, Center for Biomedical Ethics • Stanford University
Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to address ethical issues related to biomedical ethics.
Reproductive Sociology Research Group • Cambridge University
Engaged in research on reproductive sociology.
Purdue University • West Lafayette, Indiana
Teaching and researching in the field of anthropology with a focus on medical and social issues.
GRE is not required.