Kathryn Yount
Ph.D., Social Demography, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1999
M.H.S., Demography, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1994
B.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1991
Dr. Yount is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Sociology, and Global Health at Emory University. She has previously worked as a scientist in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization where she developed research protocols to study the acceptability of hormonal contraception among male subjects of single- and multi-center clinical trials and was involved in the management of a small grants program aimed to build developing-country capacity in social science research. Her research is on-going in Egypt and focuses on the following areas: female circumcision, gender differentials in public provider treatment of children presenting with diarrheal disease, and the changing effects of gender preference on reproductive behavior in rural Egypt. She is a PI on the Developmental Idealism, Gender Relations, and the Work-Family Nexis in Egypt research project.