Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Expected 2024.
Population Research Center Trainee
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
M.A. in Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. 2019.
B.A. in Political Science, University of Florida, summa cum laude. 2014.
Interests
Fertility, Reproductive Health, Gender, Demography, Social Policy
Publications
Burke, Kristen L., Joseph E. Potter. 2023. “Meeting preferences for specific contraceptive methods: An overdue indicator.” Studies in Family Planning 54(1): 281-300.
Carpenter, Emma, Hillary Gyrus, Kristen L. Burke, Danielle Czarnecki, Kari White, Danielle Bessett, and Michelle McGowan. 2023. “Seeking abortion care in Ohio and Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Contraception 118: 109896.
Burke, Kristen L., Gracia Sierra, Klaira Lerma, and Kari White. 2022. “Service delivery at Title X sites in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 54(4): 198-207.
W. Parker Frisbie Publication Award, UT Population Research Center, 2022
Burke, Kristen L. and R. Kelly Raley. 2022. “Declines in non-marital births among Black women between 2004 and 2014: Are recent trends the result of increases in contraception?” Population Research and Policy Review 41(5): 2267–2288. (Equal co-authors listed alphabetically).
Ela, Elizabeth J., Kathleen Broussard, Katie Hansen, Kristen L. Burke, Lauren Thaxton, and Joseph E. Potter. 2022. “Satisfaction, resignation, and dissatisfaction with long-acting reversible contraception among low-income postpartum Texans.” Women’s Health Issues 32(4): 334-342.
Potter, Joseph E., Kristen L. Burke, Kathleen Broussard, Kristine Hopkins, Daniel Grossman, and Kari White. 2021. “Improving assessment of demand for postpartum tubal ligation among publicly insured women in Texas.” Contraception 104(5): 518-523.
Bearak, Jonathan M., Anna Popinchalk, Kristen L. Burke, and Selena Anjur-Dietrich. 2021. “Does the impact of motherhood on women’s employment and wages differ for women who plan their transition into motherhood?” Demography 58(4): 1301–1325.
Burke, Kristen L., Lauren Thaxton, and Joseph E. Potter. 2021. “Short-acting hormonal contraceptive continuation among low-income postpartum women in Texas.” Contraception: X 2: 100052.
Burke, Kristen L., Joseph E. Potter, and Kari White. 2020. “Unsatisfied contraceptive preferences due to cost among women in the United States.” Contraception: X 2: 100032.
Kavanaugh, Megan L., Mia R. Zolna, and Kristen L. Burke. 2018. “Use of health insurance among clients seeking contraceptive services at Title X–funded facilities in 2016.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 50(3): 101-109.
Manuscripts in progress Bearak, Jonathan M., Kristen L. Burke, and Rachel K. Jones. 2017. “Disparities and change over time in distance women would need to travel to have an abortion in the USA: a spatial analysis.” The Lancet Public Health 2(11): e493-e500.
Burke, Kristen L. “Occupational characteristics and fertility delays: Exploring the link between women’s employment and childbearing in the post-Recession United States.” Under review.
Potter, Joseph E., Kristen L. Burke, Michelle A. Eilers, and Daniel Powers. “Meeting contraceptive preferences: A counterfactual analysis.” Under review.
Burke, Kristen L., Laura Lindberg. “Gender, power, and unsatisfied contraceptive preferences: Results from a national survey of pregnancy-capable people in the United States.”
Burke, Kristen L. “Economic uncertainty and fertility in the contemporary United States.”
Burke, Kristen L. “Contraceptive preference dynamics in the postpartum period.”
Burke, Kristen L. “We must secure the right to contraception.” Op-Ed in The Progressive, October 2022.
Carpenter, Emma, Kristen L. Burke, Elsa Vizcarra, Asha Dane’el, Vinita Goyal, and Kari White. “Texas’ executive order during COVID-19 increased barriers for patients seeking abortion care.” TxPEP research brief, January 2021.
White, Kari, Kristen L. Burke. “Reproductive autonomy shouldn’t depend on your employer’s beliefs.” Op-Ed in Austin American-Statesman, June 2020.
White, Kari, Kristen L. Burke, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter. “Texas women’s access to reproductive health services since the 2016 statewide reorganization of women’s health programs.” TxPEP research brief, June 2019.
Fellowships
2023-2024. University Graduate Continuing Fellowship, UT Austin ($39,000 + tuition)
2023-2024. Philanthropic Educational Organization National Scholar ($20,000)
2020-2023. National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program ($102,000 + tuition)
2020-2021. NICHD Ruth L. Kirschstein Pre-doctoral Traineeship ($26,000 + tuition; declined)
2022. W. Parker Frisbie Publication Award, UT Austin Population Research Center
2022. Excellence Award, UT Austin Department of Sociology
2021. Excellence Award, UT Austin Department of Sociology
2020. Distinction on Comprehensive Exams in Fertility and Family Formation, UT Austin
2018. Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
2014. Best Senior Thesis, University of Florida Department of Political Science
2014. Phi Beta Kappa, University of Florida
2014. Model of Leadership Award, University of Florida Center for Leadership and Service
2014. Champion of Service Award, Volunteer Florida
2012, 2013. J. Wayne Reitz Scholar, University of Florida Vice President of Student Affairs
Burke, Kristen L., Carolyn E. Waldrep. “Planning for a family while paying down student loans: The evolution of fertility intentions and behaviors in early adulthood.”
Presentation, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Columbus, OH. April 2024.
Burke, Kristen L., Joseph E. Potter, and Kari White. “Comparing prospective and retrospective reports of fertility intentions among postpartum women.”
Presentation, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Columbus, OH. April 2024.
Burke, Kristen L., Joseph E. Potter. “Meeting preferences for specific contraceptive methods: An overdue indicator of need for and quality of care.”
Presentation, IUSSP Expert Meeting on Rethinking Demand-side Family Planning Measures with a Reproductive Justice and Rights Framework. Mombasa, Kenya. March 2024.
Burke, Kristen L., Laura Lindberg. “Unsatisfied contraceptive preferences and reasons for non-preferred use among pregnancy-capable people in the United States, 2021.”
Poster, Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. October 2023.
Burke, Kristen L. “Women’s employment and fertility in the United States, 2013-2018.”
Poster, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 2023.
Burke, Kristen L. “Economic uncertainty and fertility in the contemporary United States.”
Presentation, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. April 2022.
Burke, Kristen L., Gracia Sierra, Klaira Lerma, and Kari White. “The impact of COVID-19 on family planning service delivery at Title X-supported clinics in Texas.”
Poster, Office of Population Affairs Title X Grantee Conference. Baltimore, MD. July 2023.
Presentation, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. April 2022.
Potter, Joseph E., Kristen L. Burke, Michelle A. Eilers, and Daniel Powers. “Meeting contraceptive preferences: A counterfactual analysis.”
Presentation, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. April 2022.
Burke, Kristen L. “Contraceptive preference dynamics among postpartum women in Texas.”
Poster, Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting. Virtual. October 2021.
Poster, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Virtual. May 2021.
Burke, Kristen L. and R. Kelly Raley. “The surprising decline in non-marital fertility: are recent declines the result of increases in contraception?” (Equal co-authors listed alphabetically).
Presentation, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Virtual. April 2020.
Burke, Kristen L., Lauren Thaxton, and Joseph E. Potter. “Hormonal contraceptive continuation among postpartum women in Texas.”
Poster, Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. October 2019.
Ela, Elizabeth J., Kathleen Broussard, Katie Hansen, Kristen L. Burke, Lauren Thaxton, and Joseph E. Potter. “LARC satisfaction and continuation among low-income postpartum Texas women.”
Poster, Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. October 2019.
Bearak, Jonathan M., Anna Popinchalk, Kristen L. Burke, and Selena Anjur-Dietrich. “Does the impact of motherhood on women’s earnings differ for women who plan their transition to motherhood?”
Presentation, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. August 2019.
Presentation, Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2019.
Instructor, UT Austin Extension
Health and Society, Lockhart Correctional Facility
SPRING 2023
Guest lecturer, UT Austin Department of Sociology
American Families: Past and Present
Fall 2023
Sociology of Gender
SUMMER 2023
Fertility and Reproduction
SPRING 2022
Statistical consultant, UT Austin Population Research Center
AUGUST 2021 — AUGUST 2023
Graduate Research Assistant, Texas Policy Evaluation Project
SEPTEMBER 2019 — AUGUST 2023
Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Kelly Raley
SUMMER 2019, SuMMER 2020
Research Assistant, Guttmacher Institute
APRIL 2015 — JULY 2018
Graduate writing group organizer, UT Austin Population Research Center
Spring 2021 – present
Discussant, “Demographic consequences of abortion restrictions.” Population Association of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.
APRIL 2023
Session chair, “Fertility preferences, desires, and intentions.” Population Association of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.
APRIL 2023
Session organizer, “Past as prologue: Using the history of family planning to inform our path forward.” Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
DECEMBER 2022
Conference organizer, Psychosocial Workshop. Austin, TX.
APRIL 2019
Ad hoc reviewer: American Journal of Public Health, American Sociological Review, Contraception, Demography, International Journal of Women’s Health, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Population Research and Policy Review, Public Health Reports.
Postpartum contraception navigation tool consultant. Austin, TX.
Present Collaborated with local Federally Qualified Health Center, People’s Community Clinic, and physicians at UT Dell Medical School to develop an evidence-based tool for postpartum contraception navigation.
January 2020 – present
AmeriCorps VISTA. Spartanburg, SC.
Assisted in opening a free clinic for people without health insurance in September 2014.
JULY 2014 – APRIL 2015
Population Association of America
Scholar Strategy Network
Society of Family Planning