Sarah E. Hill - It’s Time to Talk About Women’s Brains and The Birth Control Pill
Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) will host Sarah E. Hill, researcher and psychologist, to discuss the effects of birth control pill use on the brain. The lecture, “It’s Time to Talk About Women’s Brains and The Birth Control Pill,” will take place on Thursday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS) Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are optional but welcome. The lecture will also be livestreamed via YouTube Live and available for future viewing at on the Clarke Forum's YouTube Channel. Hill will speak about the psychological impacts women may experience when using the birth control pill. She will focus primarily on the role hormones play in brain chemistry. Her work has shown that the birth control pill can potentially impact and alter the perspectives of women who use it to regulate their hormones. Her research calls for better, more inclusive scientific practices in the hopes of shedding light on these medical effects. Hill is a professor of psychology at Texas Christian University. Her research focuses on women’s sexual psychology and health. She recently authored, “This is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences,” where she explores in-depth the psychological impacts of women’s sex hormones and the birth control pill in-depth. Her work is featured in more than 75 publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and The Economist. In addition to her written work, she has made guest appearances on national media outlets. This event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the department of chemistry, economics, political science, and psychology, as well as the Women’s and Gender Resource Center, the Office of LGBTQ Services, the pre-health program, and the American Association of University Women Carlisle Chapter. For additional information, please visit www.clarkeforum.org or email [email protected].
