Alesha E. Doan

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

Contact Information

Office phone number(s): 785-864-9094
Office: 404 Blake Hall

Email Address: adoan@ku.edu

Mailing Address:	Department of Political Science
	1541 Lilac Lane, University of Kansas
	Lawrence, KS 66044-3177
	USA

Background

Educational Background
Graduated from:Texas A&M University, Political Science, Ph.D., 2000
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Political Science, M.A., 1997
University of New Mexico, Sociology and Anthropology, B.A., 1995
First Appointed at KU: 2006

Previous Academic Appointments:
Associate Professor
2005-2006 Department of Political Science, California Polytechnic State University.

Director of Master of Public Policy Program
2005-2006 Department of Political Science, California Polytechnic State University.

Interim Director of Women's Studies Program
September 2005-January 2006 College of Liberal Arts, California Polytechnic University.

Assistant Professor
2000-2005 Department of Political Science, California Polytechnic State University.

Areas of Interest

Brief list of research and teaching interests:

Public policy, social policy, reproductive policy, women and politics, and research design.

Research Statement:

Alesha E. Doan is an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Kansas. Her research combines a range of theoretical approaches and methodological techniques that are used to discover how reproductive policy conform with, and depart from, other social policies. She also examines the intersection of race and gender within these policies areas. Her publications include articles in a variety of journals as well as two books. Her first book, Opposition and Intimidation: The Abortion Wars and Strategies of Political Harassment (University of Michigan Press 2007) examines the pro-life movement's use of unconventional political activities-ranging from non-violent to violent activities-to achieve its political goals as well as the impact of these activities on the targets of the activities. Her second book, The Politics of Virginity: Abstinence in Sex Education (Praeger2008) systematically investigates abstinence-only education and explores the ways in which this policy reinforces and legitimizes gendered social constructions of women, adolescents, and sexuality. She is currently researching the development, changing parameters, and policy implications surrounding the stem cell research debate, abortion politics, and other reproductive policy issues.