Frances M. Howell

Frances M. Howell, MA (she/her) is a PhD Candidate in Critical Social/Personality Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her current research interests focus primarily on gendered racism in reproductive health care settings, fertility and assisted reproductive technologies, social and political discourses of power and the reproductive body, and the impact these topics have on birthing people’s mental health outcomes. Frances primarily uses qualitative inquiry, arts-based methods for social justice, mixed-methods, and feminist frameworks to explore her research interests. Frances is primarily interested in using research to advocate for reproductive health equity in service of reproductive justice, and is committed to centering intersectionality, feminist principles, and social issues in her research, advocacy, and teaching practices. She received her MA in Psychology from The New School for Social Research, and prior to her academic career, Frances worked in the fashion industry as an apparel production and manufacturing manager.