Department of Sociology

Sara Yeatman

Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, expected Spring 2008
Dissertation: "Childbearing Preferences in Times of Crisis: A Search for Economic and Sociocultural Processes and Explanations," Chair: Joseph Potter

MSc Demography and Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2004

BA International Relations and Environmental Studies, Tufts University, 2001, magna cum laude

Publications

2006. Yeatman, Sara E, Joseph E Potter and Daniel A Grossman. "Over-the-Counter Access, Changing WHO Guidelines, and the Prevalence of Contraindicated Oral Contraceptive Use in Mexico." Studies in Family Planning 37 [3]: 197-204.

Manuscripts under review

Yeatman, Sara E, "(V)CT: The Growing Tension between Societal and Individual Justifications for HIV Testing and Counseling."

Manuscripts in progress

Yeatman, Sara E, "Fertility Preferences in Times of Crisis: HIV Infection and Childbearing Intentions in Rural Malawi."

Yeatman, Sara E, and Jenny Trinitapoli. "Beyond Denomination: New Tests of Whether and How Religion Matters for Family Planning."

Trinitapoli, Jenny, Alex Weinreb and Sara E Yeatman. "Mixed Methods in the Field: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data Collection Methods in Developing Countries."

Grant, Monica J and Sara E Yeatman. "The Family Reporting Patterns of Polygamous and Divorced Men in Rural Malawi."

Conferences and presentations

"Fertility Preferences in Times of Crisis: HIV Infection and Childbearing Intentions in Rural Malawi." Paper presented at Population Association of America Conference, New York City, March 29, 2007.

"Beyond Denomination: New Tests of Whether and How Religion Matters for Family Planning." (with Jenny Trinitapoli) Paper presented at Population Association of America Conference, New York City, March 30, 2007.

"Women, Worry and AIDS: The Case for a Family Planning Response to the Epidemic." Paper presented at the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Dissemination Conference, Philadelphia, October 14, 2006.

"(V)CT: The Growing Tension between Societal and Individual Justifications for HIV Testing and Counseling." Paper presented at the IUSSP Seminar on Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, September 21-24, 2006.

"Attendance ad Attitudes towards Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Rural Malawi." (with Peter Fleming) Poster presented at XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 16, 2006.

"Over-the-Counter Access, Changing WHO Guidelines, and the Prevalence of Contraindicated Oral Contraceptive Use in Mexico." (with Joseph Potter and Daniel Grossman) Paper presented at the Oral Contraceptive Over-the-Counter Working Group, New York, August 5, 2005. Poster presented at the Population Association of America Conference, Los Angeles, March 31, 2006.

"Sexual Behavior and of Ever Users of Contraception and its Implications in a High Prevalence HIV Population in Northwest Tanzania." (with Mark Urassa, Raphael Isingo and Basia Zaba) Poster presented at the Population Association of America Conference, Philadelphia, April 1, 2005.

Fellowships, grants and awards

2006. National AIDS Commission [Malawi], "Trends, Determinants, and Implications of VCT Uptake and ART Enrollment in Rural Malawi." (PIs, Agnes Chimbiri and Hans-Peter Kohler; Co-Investigators, Sara Yeatman and Peter Fleming) ($65,000)

2006. National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. "Childbearing Preferences in Times of Crisis: Economic and Sociocultural Processes and Explanations" ($7,495)

2006. National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Predoctoral Traineeship Awarded by the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin ($21,000)

2006. Mellon AIDS Node, "HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in Mchinji District, Malawi: A Complete District Surveillance Study on Uptake and Attitudes." (PI, Hans-Peter Kohler; Co-Investigators, Sara Yeatman and Peter Fleming) ($14,000)

2006. University Research Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, "HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in Mchinji District, Malawi: A Complete District Surveillance Study on Uptake and Attitudes" (PI, Hans-Peter Kohler; Co- Investigators, Sara Yeatman and Peter Fleming) ($21,000)

2005. University of Texas Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship. "Fertility in Times of Crisis: The Case of the AIDS Epidemic in Rural Malawi" ($1,970)

2005. National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Predoctoral Traineeship Awarded by the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin ($21,000)

2005. Summer Research Award, Andrew W Mellon Foundation. "HIV, Fertility and Religion in Rural Malawi." ($3,000)

Research activities, skills and experience

2005-7. NICHD Predoctoral Trainee for Dr Joseph Potter, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

2006. Principal Investigator and Fieldwork Director, Malawi Childbearing Project

2006. Fieldwork Co-Coordinator, Fourth Wave of Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project, Malawi (PIs, Susan Watkins, Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere Behrman)

2005. Fieldwork Co-Coordinator, "Religious Organizations, Local Norms, and HIV in Africa," Malawi (PI, Susan Watkins)

2004-5. Graduate Research Assistant for Dr Joseph Potter. Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

Languages

Spanish, advanced reading, writing and speaking skills

Professional memberships

Population Association of America

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

American Sociological Association

References

Joseph E Potter, Professor of Sociology, Faculty Research Associate, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Main Building G1800, Austin, TX 78712. Phone: +1 (512) 471-8341. Email: joe@prc.utexas.edu

Mark Regnerus, Associate Professor of Sociology, Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Main Building G1800, Austin, TX 78712. Phone: +1 (512) 232-6307. Email: regnerus@prc.utexas.edu

Cynthia Buckley, Associate Professor of Sociology, Population Research Center, 374 Burdine Hall A 1700, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. Phone: +1 (512) 232-6337. Email: cbuckley@mail.la.utexas.edu

Susan Cotts Watkins, Senior Research Scientist and Director of African Demography, University of California at Los Angeles, California Center for Population Research, 4284 Public Policy Building, PO Box 951484, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Phone: +1 (310) 206-7566. Email: swatkins@ccpr.ucla.edu