Dryfoos, Joy G

Researcher; Author; Reproductive health specialist.

Joy Dryfoos is an independent researcher, writer, and lecturer. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Antioch College in 1951 and an M.A. in Urban Sociology from Sarah Lawrence College in 1966. In 1968 she was employed by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America as a researcher, and from 1969-81, she served as the Director of Research and Planning of the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Dryfoos has lectured and published extensively, particularly in the area of adolescents at risk. She is the author of: Teenage Pregnancy: The Problem That Hasn't Gone Away (1981); Adolescents at Risk (1990); Full Service Schools (1994); and Safe Passage: Making It Through Adolescence In a Risky Society (1998).