Sociology & Anthropology
Natalie Ingraham
Natalie Ingraham, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Farmingdale State College (SUNY). She earned her PhD in Sociology from UC San Francisco and her master’s in public health from Indiana University. Her research examines the intersections of body size, gender, sexuality and health. Prior to her positions at FSC and California State University East Bay, she conducted qualitative research on gender and reproductive health as a staff research associate at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at UCSF and in the Dept. of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley.
Courses Taught
Freshman Year Experience (FYE 101)Introduction to Sociology (SOC 122)
Society & Health (SOC 228)
Sex, Gender & Sexuality (SOC 283)
Sociology of the Body (SOC 344)
Sociological Research Methods (SOC 366)
Education
- PhD, Social & Behavioral Sciences (Sociology), University of California, San Francisco, 2016
- MPH, Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2009
- BS, Psychology, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, 2006 – Summa cum Laude
Publications
- Natalie Ingraham, Mariana T. Guzzardo, Ryan Gamba, Matthew D. Moore, Alina Engelman, Nidhi Khosla, A. L. Adams, Jeffra D. Bussman, Shuba Kashinath, Negin R. Toosi, Ali Jones-Bey and Sarah Taylor, I wonder if we are set up to fail”: Autoethnographic insights from a public university, The Journal for Research and Practice in College Teaching, 2024.
- Natalie Ingraham, Kelly Duong and Lena R. Hann, It’s Like Having an Uncontrolled Situation”: Using Body Maps to Understand the Embodied Experiences of People with Hidradenitis Suppurativa, a Chronic Dermatological Condition, Social Sciences, 13(3) 2024, 168.
- Natalie Ingraham and Lena R. Hann, Stigma R Us": Staff Perspectives of Transgender Health Care in Family Planning Clinics in the United States, Social Science & Medicine: Qualitative Research in Health, 2 2022.
- Natalie Ingraham, Lindsey Fox, Andres Gonzalez and Aerin Riegelsberger, I just felt supported”: Patient Perspectives on Receiving Transition-Related Healthcare in Family Planning Clinics, PLoS One, 17(7) 2022, e0271691.
Presentations
- Mishal Syed and Natalie Ingraham, “Exploring Medical Provider Perspectives on Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS), a Chronic Dermatological Condition.” Poster presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA on March 7, 2025.