Marybec Griffin
Marybec Griffin is a behavioral scientist with training in public health and policy. She holds a PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from New York University, an MPH in global health leadership also from New York University, a MA in international affairs from the New School, and a BA in political science and international studies from the University of St. Thomas. Marybec is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy at the Rutgers University School of Public Health. Her research interests include LGBTQ+ health, condom and sex messages in rap and pop music, menstrual health stigma and education, and access to sexual healthcare services. She’s also half of Dr. Period Hackers, a Twitter menstrual education account, and is working on a research project called Bloody Women: Slasher Films and the Female Viewer.
Prior to her academic career, Marybec worked at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene where she designed programs for harm reduction counseling for people living with HIV. Marybec also developed the Doing it NYC mobile app to help people of all sexual orientations and gender identities find sexual and reproductive healthcare services.
Marybec is also a trained full-spectrum doula and a certified sexologist. She is passionate about helping people connect to bodies and centering sexuality as an innately human experience. She also provides counseling around contraception and menstruation. When she isn’t teaching or writing, Marybec indulges in her creative side via baking and making handmade cards. She is also a tarot enthusiast and is a forever student of the French language.