Clare is Senior Professor of Practice and Director of Research at Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute and affiliated faculty in the Gender and Sexuality Studies program.
She received her PhD in American Studies from the University of New Mexico.
Clare's book, Mediating Morality: The Politics of Teen Pregnancy in the Post-Welfare Era, charts a shift in the political and popular discourse about adolescent pregnancy in the wake of the 1996 US welfare reform policy.
Her work on reproductive politics has also appeared in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, American Journal of Public Health, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Women’s Health Issues, Feminist Media Studies, and elsewhere.
Clare's opinion pieces have been published in The Advocate, The Hill, and Ms., among others.
Mediating Morality: The Politics of Teen Pregnancy in the Post-Welfare Era, University of Massachusetts Press, 2017
Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online, Athabasca University Press, 2025
