THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Debbie Browning LeVeen, Ph.D.

“I was interested in pushing for social change from the ground up.”

Professor, Researcher, Writer, Political Scientist. Public Policy expert. Native American policy advocate. California single-payer campaign. Involved in women’s health and the women’s healthcare movement. Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women. Perinatal Health Rights Committee. Involved in studying health reform in the national health system and the Affordable Care Act. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Director and professor of urban studies, San Francisco State University. BA, Smith College; MA, Political Science, UCLA; Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago.

Interviewed by Judy Waxman, Oral Historian, August 2023