Alesha Doan

Alesha Doan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kansas. Her research is anchored around the formulation and adoption of gendered policies. Dr. Doan also researches the organizational policies and practices that contribute to gender inequality in the workplace. Her research has been published in a variety of journals and she has written two books. Dr. Doan’s first book, Opposition and Intimidation: The Abortion Wars and Strategies of Political Harassment (University of Michigan Press 2007) examines the prolife movement's use of unconventional political activities-ranging from non-violent to violent activities-to achieve its political goals. Her second book, The Politics of Virginity: Abstinence in Sex Education (Praeger 2008) investigates abstinence-only education and explores how it reinforces and legitimizes gendered social constructions of women, adolescents, and sexuality.