Jessie Ford

· Dr. Jessie Ford is a sociologist whose research explores how expectations around gender and sexuality shape sexual health, violence and pleasure. Dr. Ford's work brings a fresh perspective to sexual health by deploying insights from the sociology of culture and studies of gender inequality. Her most recent project examines how multi-level factors, including structural stigma and gender inequality, impact rates of sexual assault and hazardous drinking among bisexual women. Dr. Ford's work also explores the importance of sexual pleasure—an often overlooked and stigmatized dimension of sexual health and human rights—and advocates for its inclusion in public health policy, program implementation and clinical practice.

Columbia University · Sociomedical Sciences

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Dr. Jessie Ford is a sociologist and Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Her research explores how expectations and inequalities around gender and sexuality influence sexual health, violence, and pleasure. She brings insights from the sociology of…

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Psychology
Clinical psychology
Neuroscience

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