Assistant Professor of Research, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Leslie Root is a demographer and assistant professor of research in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she also serves as associate director of the University of Colorado Population Center. Her research focuses on fertility and sexual and reproductive health, with projects examining how social forces such as contraceptive access, the COVID-19 pandemic and pronatalist policies influence fertility over the life course. She holds a doctorate in demography from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in Eurasian, Russian and East European studies from Georgetown University.
