Ariella Messing
Ariella Messing
abortion access, sexual & reproductive health policy, & bioethics
 


Below is an abbreviated, digital-friendly version of my academic CV. If you are interested in my current work, check out OARS (Online Abortion Resource Squad).

Education

 
 

Johns Hopkins University, (currently ABD)
PhD, Bioethics and Health Policy
Department of Health Policy and Management
Bloomberg School of Public Health

University of Pennsylvania, 2012
B.,
Philosophy (with honors), Magna cum laude

 

 Peer-Reviewed Publications

 
 

Ariella J. Messing, Rachel E. Fabi, Joanne D. Rosen, “Reproductive Injustice at the US Border”, American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 3 (March 1, 2020): pp. 339-344. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305466

Grants & Awards

 
 

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Citizens & Scholars (previously known as the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Program)

Trainee Research Grant
Society of Family Planning Research Fund

Sir Arthur Newsholme Scholarship
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Selected Presentations & Guest Lectures

 
 

“Has Anyone Bought Pills Online? I’m Afraid It’s a Scam”: US Reddit Users’ Experiences Acquiring Abortion Pills Online During COVID-19.” Poster presentation at Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting. October 2021. (Co-author and co-presenter with Rhian E. Lewis)

Like, Upvote, DM: Talking About Abortion on the Internet,” (Panel organizer and speaker) Panel at the National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting. May 2021.

"Reproductive Injustice at the Border," Webinar for the American Public Health Association (APHA) Women’s Caucus. May 2020.

"Hyde and Go Seek Funding: Resource Allocation by Grassroots Abortion Funds," Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Pittsburgh, PA: October 2019.

"Reproductive Justice and United States Immigration Policy," Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Pittsburgh, PA: October 2019.

"Abortion on Campus: Obstacles and Facilitators of Abortion Access for College Students," Guest lecture for undergraduate course 'Born a Girl: Issues in Women’s Health from a Life Course Perspective.' Johns Hopkins University: October 2019.

"The Affordable Care Act’s Birth Control Mandate and Religion: A Clash of Values," Guest lecture for graduate course 'Ethical Issues in Health Policy: Public Health and Health Care.' Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: December 2017.

"Do Prisoners Have Abortion Rights? An Examination of the Legal and Ethical Questions," Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Kansas City, MO: October 2017.

"Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Abortion While Incarcerated," Guest lecture for graduate course 'Abortion from a Public Health Perspective.' Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: May 2016.

Teaching

I have served as a graduate teaching assistant for the following graduate-level courses:


Berman Institute of Bioethics

Ethics of Human Subject Research: US & International (summer intensive for working professionals)
2016

Introduction to Bioethics in Public Health Practice and Research
2017, 2018


Department of Health Policy & Management

 

Ethical Issues in Health Policy: Public Health and Health Care
2015, 2017

Legal and Public Health Issues in the Regulation of Intimacy
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Public Health and the Law
2018

Research Ethics and Integrity
2017


Department of Health, Behavior, & Society

 

Campaigning and Organizing for Public Health
2016


 

Department of International Health

Ethics of Public Health Practice in Developing Countries
2015