Amanda Stevenson

Amanda Stevenson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in reproductive health policy impacts and social responses to policy. Her work integrates demographic and computational methods to evaluate policies' effects on fertility, maternal health, and access to care. She leads the Colorado Fertility Project, leveraging restricted administrative data to study contraception access and life-course outcomes through the Reproduction in People’s Lives (RIPL) dataset funded by NICHD and the Hewlett Foundation.

Her research addresses abortion access barriers, parental involvement laws, and judicial bypass processes, with findings published in high-impact journals like the New England Journal of Medicine and Science Advances. She translates research into policy-relevant tools, including an app for local impact estimates and testimony before legislative bodies. Her social movement analysis examines how Texas abortion rights advocates navigate intersectional critiques and adapt rhetoric to shift power dynamics within movements.

• Funding: Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Key Projects: Colorado Fertility Project, RIPL Dataset
• Outreach: Testimony, public apps, Supreme Court-cited research

Her work intersects with public health equity, legal policy, and social justice, producing actionable insights for equitable healthcare access and reproductive rights advocacy.