Naomi E. Braine
Professor
Sociology
Location: 3103A James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1775
Fax: 718.951.4639
Email:
Naomi Braine joined the faculty in September 2008. Previously, she worked in the nonprofit health and policy research sector, conducting research on harm reduction, drug use, HIV risk and prevention, and consulting for community-based organizations and the New York State Department of Health. Since joining the faculty, her interest in harm reduction and community action has come to focus more on issues related to women's health. Her professional work is deeply informed and shaped by a long history as a social justice activist.
Education:
Ph.D., Northwestern University - 2000 (Sociology)
Areas of Expertise:
Braine specializes in public health, collective action, work and organizations, research methods, gender and sexuality. In practice, the majority of her research has addressed community mobilization and public health, including organizational and policy issues affecting health and access to services at individual and community levels.
Books and Publications
Braine, N and Velarde, M "Self-managed abortion: strategies for support by a global feminist movement." Women's Reproductive Health, vol 9(3) (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
"The Long and Tangled History of Law Enforcement and Right-Wing Violence." In Political Research Associates The Public Eye Winter 2021 (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021
"What if 9/11 had never taken place?" Sept 2021, Political Research Associates (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021
"Autonomous Health Movements: Criminalization, de-medicalization, and community based direct action." Health and Human Rights Journal vol 22(2) (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
"Trumpism and the Unstable Ground of Whiteness." In Political Research Associates The Public Eye (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017
"Criminal Law and Political Repression: From the War on Drugs to the War on Terror." in Political Research Associates The Public Eye, Winter 2016 (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016
"Social Institutions" (2016) in T Lewis and K Gould (eds) 10 Questions in Sociology, 2nd edition Oxford University Press (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2016
"Justice in the Age of Terror: Disparate Legal Treatment of Muslims and the Radical Right." in Political Research Associates The Public Eye, Spring 2015 (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015
"Queering Secular Jewish Culture(s)." Queering Religion, Religious Queers. Eds. Yvette Taylor and Ria Snowdon. London: Routledge. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014
"Sexual Minority Women Who Use Drugs: Prejudice, Poverty, and Access to Care." Sexuality Research and Social Policy. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2014
van Sluytman, L., N. Braine, C. Acker, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Migration Narratives: Expanding Methods to Examine the Interaction of Person and Environment Among Aging Gay Men." Journal of Gerontological Social Work. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Braine, N., L. van Sluytman, C. Acker, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Sexual Contexts and the Process of Risk Reduction." Culture, Health and Sexuality 13.7. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
Braine, N., C. Acker, L. van Sluytman, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Drug Use, Community Action and Public Health: Gay Men and Crystal Meth in NYC." Substance Use and Misuse. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010
Braine, N., L. van Sluytman, C. Acker, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Money, Drugs and Bodies: Examining Exchange Sex in Multiple Contexts and Perspectives." Journal of Lesbian and Gay Social Services. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2010
Friedman, S.R., D. Rossi and N. Braine. "Theorizing 'Big Events' as a Potential Risk Environment for Drug Use, Drug-Related Harm and HIV Epidemic Outbreaks." International Journal of Drug Policy 20.3. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009
Braine, N., C. Acker, C. Goldblatt, H. Yi, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Neighborhood History as a Factor Shaping Syringe Distribution Networks Among Drug Users at a U.S. Syringe Exchange." Social Networks 30. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
Des Jarlais, D.C., N. Braine and P. Friedman. "Unstable Housing as a Factor for Increased Injection Risk Behavior at U.S. Syringe Exchange Programs." AIDS and Behavior, Supplement 2, November. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
Braine, N., D.C. DesJarlais, C. Goldblatt, C. Zadoretsky and C. Turner. "Patterns of Sexual Commerce Among Women at U.S. Syringe Exchange Programs." Culture, Health and Sexuality 8.4. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
International Organizing for Autonomous Abortion
Grant from Open Society Foundation, Women's Right's Project (Grants and Fellowships) 2018
PSC-CUNY Grant, for "Access to Care for WSW Drug Users." (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
National Institutes of Drug Abuse grant, to study New York City community-based responses to crystal methamphetamine use among gay/bisexual men and men who have sex with men. The project explores the intersection of sexual practices and drug use, understandings of HIV risk, social network norms and communication, and work by community-based organizations. 2007-09. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Acción directa como practica de largo plazo: la experiencia de activistas sobre aborto." Latin American Studies Association Virtual Congress, May 26-29, 2021 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2021
"Aborto Autonomo en America Latina"
Panel "Explicando la ampliacion de los derechos de las mujeres"
Latin American Studies Association 2019 Congress
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Autonomous Health Movements"
12th National Harm Reduction Conference
New Orleans, US . Oct 2018 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"Harm reduction perspectives on abortion outside current clinical model." Physicians for Reproductive Health, Grand Rounds, March 9, 2017 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Bridging Movements: Harm Reduction and Access to Abortion" 11th National Harm Reduction Conference, San Diego, CA Nov 3-6, 2016 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
"Reducing Harm to Women: Connecting Harm Reduction and the Reproductive Rights Movements." Panel at 40th National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting, Austin TX April 16-19, 2016 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
"Dynamics of Marginalization in a Context of Formal Rights." 3rd International Social Sciences and Humanities HIV Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2015 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Gender Diversity and Quantitative Research." 3rd International Social Sciences and Humanities HIV Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2015 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Sexual Minority Women, Drug Use, and Marginalization." 9th Harm Reduction Conference. Portland, Ore., Nov. 15-18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Braine, N., L. van Sluytman, C. Acker, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Sexual Contexts and the Process of Risk Reduction." 1st International Social Sciences and Humanities HIV Conference. Durban, South Africa, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Braine, N., C. Acker, L. van Sluytman, S. Friedman and D.C. DesJarlais. "Sex, Drugs, and Community Mobilization: Crystal Meth in NYC." 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. San Francisco, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Pandora's Box: Lifting the Lid on Crystal Methamphetamine and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community." Roundtable at the 19th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug-Related Harm. Barcelona, Spain. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Gender, Sexuality and HIV Risk Behavior Among Amphetamine Injectors at U.S. Syringe Exchange Programs." Department of Epidemiology Lecture Series, Yale School of Public Health. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Other Professional Activities
Consulting for National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Production of report on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Report combines critique of dominant media coverage with assessment of actual data on prevalence and literature review of recommended services for pregnant women, new mothers, and opiate-exposed newborns 2017
"Evaluation of Overdose Prevention at Methadone Maintenance" policy report submitted to the New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute. 2008
"Factors Shaping Implementation of Overdose Prevention in Drug Treatment" policy report submitted to the New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute. 2008
