Elise Higgins

Elise (they/she) is a PhD candidate in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department with a specialization in reproductive rights and justice and public policy. Their dissertation focuses on the political development of abortion stigma and the social construction of pregnant people and abortion providers. 

In their time at the University of Kansas, Elise was awarded an Emerging Scholar in Family Planning grant from the Society of Family Planning. Elise’s teaching has also been recognized with a Carlin Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.