Gretchen E. Ely

(She-Her)

Gretchen E. Ely is a professor and director of the PhD Program at the Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare. Dr Ely's research expertise is focused on access to reproductive health care in vulnerable populations, with particular focus on access to abortion and contraception for populations who live in areas where health access is known to be compromised, including in Appalachia and other rural areas.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Professor, Stony Brook University
  • 2020–2025
    Professor, University of Tennessee
  • 2014–2020
    Professor/Associate Professor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  • 2004–2014
    Associate/Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

Education

  • 2003 
    University of Tennessee , Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work
  • 1998 
    Washington University in St. Louis, Master of Social Work

Honours

Fellow- Society of Family Planning; Fellow- National Academies of Practice

Contact Gretchen for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision