Research Fellows & Affiliated Faculty

As part of its mission to promote sexuality research, The Kinsey Institute collaborates with Indiana University faculty, and also hosts external researchers and doctoral/post-doctoral students who wish to affiliate with the Institute for varying lengths of time to carry out research projects important to the field. In general, researchers must solicit their own funding from public or private funding agencies.

Scholars interested in affiliating with the Institute should contact:

Office of the Director
The Kinsey Institute
Morrison 313
1165 East Third St.
Bloomington IN 47405
Email: jheiman@indiana.edu

Research Fellows

Research and Senior Research Fellows are researchers and scholars who have a continuing association with The Kinsey Institute, and who actively contribute to ongoing research at the Institute.

John Bancroft, M.A., M.D.

Senior Research Fellow Former Director, The Kinsey Institute Kinsey Institute Project: Kinsey Institute National Survey SIS/SES SIS-E

Richard A. Crosby, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of Kentucky Kinsey Institute Project: Condom Use Errors and Problems

Dennis Fortenberry, M.D.

Senior Research Fellow Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI Associate Director, Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI Faculty, Indiana University Center for AIDS Research Kinsey Institute Project: Marriage and Sexual Health

Cynthia Graham, Ph.D.

Research Fellow Research Tutor, Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology, Oxford Kinsey Institute Project: Oral Contraceptives, Testosterone, and Sexuality in Women Condom Use Errors and Problems Women's Well-Being & Sexuality SIS-E

Heather Hoffmann, Ph.D.

Research Fellow Professor of Psychology and Chair of Neuroscience Program, Knox College, Galesburg, IL. Kinsey Institute Project: Understanding Compulsive and Risky Sexual Behavior

Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow Professor of Psychology, Indiana University Faculty, Indiana University Clinical Sciences Program Kinsey Institute Project: Marriage and Sexual Health

Thomas James, Ph.D.

Research Fellow Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Senior Director, Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University Kinsey Institute Project: Neural mechanisms of reward involved with alcohol abuse and risky sexual behavior Neural mechanisms of reward involved with post-partum depression

Ellen Ketterson, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow Distinguished Professor of Biology, Indiana University Professor of Gender Studies, Indiana University Faculty, Cognitive Sciences, Indiana University Kinsey Institute Project: Brain Imaging and Sexual Attraction

Ellen Laan, Ph.D.

Research Fellow Clinician, Sexology & Pyschosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam Kinsey Institute Project: Detecting Sexual Desire in Women (2-site project: KI & Netherlands) Dr. Laan is the principal investigator at the Netherlands site.

J. Scott Long, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Kinsey Institute Project: Mood and Sexuality Kinsey Institute National Survey

Robin R. Milhausen, Ph.D.

Research Fellow Assistant Professor, Human Sexuality and Family Relations, University of Guelph Visiting Research Fellow, Rural Centre for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University Kinsey Institute Project: Condom Use Errors and Problems Women's Well Being and Sexuality SIS-E

Zoë Peterson, Ph.D.

Research Fellow Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-St Louis Assistant Professor, Institute for Women and Gender Studies, Universityof Missouri-St Louis Kinsey Institute Project: Ambivalent Affect and Sexual Response

June Reinisch, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow Former Director, The Kinsey Institute Senior Researcher, Danish Epidemiology Science Center, University of Copenhagen President, R2 Science Communications Kinsey Institute Project: Prenatal Development Project

Dale Sengelaub, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow Professor of Psychology, Indiana University Professor of Neural Sciences, Indiana University Faculty, Indiana University Center for Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Kinsey Institute Project: Brain Imaging and Sexual Attraction

Alfred Strickholm, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow Professor Emeritus, Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University Kinsey Institute Project: Erectile Dysfunction

William L. Yarber, H.S.D.

Senior Research Fellow Professor of Applied Health Science and Gender Studies, Indiana University Senior Director, Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University Kinsey Institute Project: Condom Use Errors and Problems

Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty are researchers and scholars who have an ongoing association with The Kinsey Institute.

Brian Dodge, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Applied Health Science Chair, The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants Committee

Debra Herbenick, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University Sex Educator, Kinsey Confidential

Elizabeth Lloyd, Ph.D.

Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University Professor of Biology, Indiana University Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University Faculty, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University

Michael Reece, Ph.D.

Professor of Applied Health Science, Indiana University Director, Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University

Pekka Santtilla, Ph.D.

Professor of Applied Psychology, Åbo Akademi University Senior Researcher, Center of Excellence in Behaviour Genetics, Åbo Akademi University

Serge Stoléru, Ph.D

Research Scientist, INSERM

Aleksandar Štulhofer, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, University of Zagreb

Johan Verhulst, M.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington

Kim Wallen, Ph.D.

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Emory University Research Professor of Psychobiology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Martin Weinberg, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

Colin Williams, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, IUPUI

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