Amy Agigian, PhD

Research Interests

Sociology of Reproduction. Gender and Women’s Studies. Sexuality Studies. Health and Human Rights. Women’s Health Information.

Employment History

• 2004-present
  Associate Professor, Suffolk University, Sociology Department.
• 1999-2004
  Assistant Professor, Suffolk University, Sociology Department.
• Spring 1999
  Visiting Assistant Professor, Suffolk University, Sociology Department.
• Fall 1998
  Senior Lecturer, Suffolk University, Sociology Department.
• 1997-1998
  Tutor, Harvard University, Committee on Degrees in Women’s Studies, and History of Science Department.
• 1994-1998
  Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies.
• 1993-1997
  Lecturer, Brandeis University, Sociology Department.

Publications

• Agigian, Amy, and Wendy Sanford. “Our Bodies Ourselves: 50 Years of Education and Activism.” In McCallum, D, (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Human Sciences. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan. 2022.
• Agigian, Amy. “Renaming the Hymen: The Vaginal Corona.” Update of an Our Bodies, Ourselves article. Our Bodies Ourselves Today. July 2022. 
• Agigian, Amy. “Stratified Reproduction.” Updated entry in the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell. 2019.
• Bobel, Chris, and Amy Agigian, Eds. Special Cluster of Women’s Reproductive Health “Menstrual Health: A Matter of Human Rights.” Vol. 4, Issue 3 2017: 185-231.

Oral Presentations

• “Exploring the Reversal of Gender- and Sexuality-Based Rights in a Global Context.” Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar. Seminar co-PI and co-coordinator. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. September 22-23, 2022.
• “Ecofeminisms 2020.” Presented at symposium, EcoFeminisms: Rethinking our Interdependencies with the Planet. Technologies of Resistance: Towards Feminist Futures Panel Series. Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (virtual). July 30, 2020.
• “RJ2=Racial Justice x Reproductive Justice.” Panelist. Black Law Students Association and IF/WHEN/HOW? Suffolk Law School. February 27, 2020.
• “Choosing Applied Sociology.” Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting. San Diego, CA. February 1, 2020.

Professional Activities

• Executive Director, Our Bodies Ourselves Today
• Founding Director, Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights