Bio
Raised in Boston and currently settled in Brooklyn, Laura G. Duncan is a sexual health researcher, educator and student. Her research focuses on the issues of social inequity in sexual health care, medical education techniques, as well as health technologies and accessibility in underserved communities.
With a degree in Medical Anthropology & Human Sexuality Studies from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, she has worked as a sexual health educator for a high school, medical school, condom company and health non-profit. She currently serves as a full-spectrum doula with The Doula Project and a Gynecological Teaching Associate.
For the past two years, Laura has been performing a multimedia research presentation on the intersections of technology and robotics with issues of sexuality and the body. These events have been featured on the cover of Time Out New York, as well as by The Village Voice, New York Magazine, Though Catalog and others.
Other public appearances have included workshops on topics such as: contraception and STI prevention, sexual health, and navigating healthcare resources for queer communities. She has been a featured guest on various radio shows, podcasts and at themed readings. Past publications include educational materials and web resources on sexual health, relationship and communication skills, as well as a paper on reproductive evolution coauthored for The American Journal of Human Biology.
She is the proud owner of one handmade Star Trek uniform, a collection of vintage cameras and a stack of 1920’s anatomical drawings.
If you’d like to chat, book a presentation, ask questions, write more in the awkward third person or trade philosophical musings on The X-Files, please feel free to contact!
