“Contraceptive Use Can Increase the Love between Husband and Wife”: Six Years of Research on the Rwandan Family Planning Program – Dr. Hilary Schwandt
Posted: 1/3/2025 (CSDE Seminar Series)
When: Friday, Jan 10, 2025 (12:30-1:30PM)
Where: 360 Parrington Hall and on Zoom (register here)
1-on-1 meetings: 223 Raitt Hall (sign up here)
We are looking forward to hosting CSDE Affiliate Hilary Schwandt from the Western Washington University on Friday, Jan. 10 in Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Population Health Initiative. In addition, there are opportunities to meet 1-1 with Dr. Schwandt throughout the day. Sign up here!
This talk is based on findings from six years of research, funded by two NSF REUs, on the family planning program in Rwanda with undergraduates from the USA and Rwanda. This presentation will focus especially on the findings and lessons learned each year – and how those informed each subsequent summer of data collection.
Hilary Schwandt is a Professor at Fairhaven College at Western Washington University. Hilary earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research primarily focuses on reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa – particularly in the area of family planning. Most recently, with her colleague in Sociology, she was awarded two consecutive grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research on Rwanda’s family planning program. At Fairhaven, Hilary teaches classes in the areas of sexual health, pregnancy and childbirth, nutrition, and population health. In her free time, Hilary enjoys spending time outdoors with her 4 daughters and 3 dogs.