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Sex::Tech Conference : Focus on Youth is happening March 22nd and 23rd, 2009 in San Francisco.

This is the second annual STD/HIV Prevention Conference focusing on Youth and Technology!

We are bringing together public health professionals, youth activists, educators and technology developers to move STD and HIV...

The Center of Excellence for Sexual Health

2009-2010 Health Scholars Program

Are you interested in becoming a community leader in sexual health? Are you committed to eliminating sexual health disparities?  

 

If you answered yes to these questions, the CESH Sexual Health Scholars’ Program may be the place for you!

 

Overview of the 2009-2010 Scholars’ Program:

The CESH Scholars’ tenure will run 10 months beginning August 3, 2009 and ending June 4, 2010.  Scholars are expected to reside in the Atlanta area for the duration of the program.  Each scholar will receive a $35,000 stipend plus health care coverage through Morehouse School of Medicine.  The scholars will be instructed by a multidisciplinary faculty of experts in sexuality, medicine, community leadership, and public health.

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

Western Region Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

Sexual Ontogeny: 

A Lifelong Work in Progress

Sexual Literacy and Social Change: Making your Research Matter

October 30-31

San Francisco State University Downtown Campus

Sexual Literacy promotes lifelong sexual happiness and well being in individuals, relationships, and communities. The National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC) is pleased to announce the first ever regional training on Sexual Literacy this October at the San Francisco State University Downtown Campus. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to connect with students, researchers, academics, and community organizations and receive invaluable training on sexual literacy and sexuality research!

Call for PresentationsThe National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC) is pleased to announce its first regional training and conference on Sexual Literacy this October at the San Francisco State University Downtown Campus.  Sexual Literacy is about promoting lifelong sexual happiness and well being in individuals, relationships, and communities.  The purpose of this two day conference is to connect students, researchers, academics, and community organizations; provide training on sexual literacy and sexuality research; and spotlight work that promotes sexual literacy through research, education, and advocacy. 

 

This...

Assistant Professor in Sexuality Studies

The Department of Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University invites immediate applications for a tenure-track assistant professor, area open. We seek a candidate who has demonstrated excellence in research and teaching and has demonstrated commitment to the area of sexuality studies. Areas of research and teaching emphasis include but are not limited to: sexualities and the Internet, reproductive health and rights, health disparities, disability, African-American sexualities, community-based participatory research, and lesbian studies. The interdisciplinary faculty of the Sexuality Studies department is distinguished by an emphasis on social science research. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in the social, behavioral, or health sciences.

Consideration is given to candidates with the ability to...

Sex, Rights and the Law in a World with AIDS

In partnership with aids2031, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) will convene a meeting in early 2009 entitled Sex, Rights and the Law in a World with AIDS.  The conveners are soliciting abstracts of published or unpublished papers that capture research and/or experience on sexual behavior, sexual identity, human rights and the law as they relate to a long-term response...

Preliminary Call for Proposals: The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants 2008-2009 

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University is pleased to announce a Preliminary Call for Proposals for The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants 2008-2009. This program confers sexuality research grants to emerging scholars and seeks to fund significant and innovative research, from a wide array of disciplines and perspectives, that deals with human sexuality. The program is supported by donations from Friends of The Kinsey Institute.

The Kinsey Institute will fund up to six proposals at $750 each, including three from graduate students at Indiana University and three from graduate students enrolled at other universities. It is an expectation that results from the...

The Center of Excellence for Sexual Health Community Leadership in Sexual Health Scholars' Program at Morehouse School of Medicine seeks to promote community leadership in the area of sexual health and to forge links between sexual health and public health service to combat health disparities. We are looking to publicize the application process for the 2009-2010 class. The online application will run August 25, 2008-November 24, 2008. Selections will be made by March, 2009 and the scholarship runs August, 2009-June, 2010. More information about our Center and Scholars' Program can be found on our website: http://cesh.msm.edu.

The Western Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality will hold their annual conference, May 7-10, 2009, at Asilomar. As a part of that conference, we will hold a Best Student Presentation competition. Students do not need to be the sole author of a piece of work; however, they do need to be the sole presenter. The formal Call for Papers will go out at the end of summer and submissions will close in November. We wanted to alert students early so they could consider the possibilities during the summer.

The conference theme is Sexual Ontogeny: A Lifelong Work in Progress. We will examine the...

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County is a private, non-profit organization, which has provided quality programs for girls, young women and families for 50 years. Through cutting-edge programs, Girls Inc. is leading the effort to help every girl become strong, smart and bold. Program areas for informal education include careers and life planning, math and science enrichment, literacy development, health and sexuality, leadership and community action, sports and fitness, self-reliance and life skills, and culture and heritage.

Girls Inc. seeks a full-time WOW! Program Coordinator with excellent skills to coordinate and deliver and after school program for fifth grade girls. WOW! is designed to increase the academic potential and and self-esteem of it's participants through a holistic and multi-cultural approach including after school...

The Task Force Policy Institute Fellows Program

to recognize and support the leadership of scholars of color across disciplines  

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute announces its 2008-2009 LGBT Fellows program, designed to put the best independent and academy-based thinkers to work on pressing movement issues.  Fellows’ projects will serve to advance the Policy Institute’s primary goals of: (1) equipping grassroots leaders with essential tools in the struggle to gain LGBT political power and (2) creating new movement conversations and perspectives that lead to innovative strategies and fresh possibilities for change-makers.  

The University Consortium for Sexuality Research and Training (UCSRT) is funding student leaders (graduate and undergrad) through its National Student Internship Program to lead a UCSRT campus chapter.  Apply here.  E-mail application to ucsrt@sfsu.edu by May 21.  Contact 415-817-4512 or ucsrt@sfsu.edu if you have questions.

Students will receive a $1,000 stipend, $2,500 in programming funds, and a scholarship to attend the National Sexuality Resource Center's 2008 Summer Institute on Politics, Sexuality, and Education.

UCSRT campus chapters - part of a pilot initiative - will build networks and provide interdisciplinary, policy-relevant training to students and faculty on sexuality research, education, and training issues.  Chapters will provide a vibrant community where students, faculty, and community-based organizations exchange innovative ideas and advance the field of sexuality studies. 

National Student Interns will play a leadership role in starting and developing a UCSRT campus group, with the support of UCSRT staff, for the 2008-2009 academic...

SUNY Press is proud to announce the first competition for the best single-authored dissertation or first book manuscript in the field of queer studies.

Submissions must be postmarked by July 1, 2008.

 SUNY Press is proud to announce a new competition for the best

single-authored dissertation or first book manuscript in the field of

queer studies. We welcome nonfiction manuscripts that exemplify

cutting-edge scholarship that engages issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual,

transgender, intersex, or other non-heteronormative experience, whether

the area of focus is historical or contemporary. The competition is open

to scholars from all disciplinary backgrounds, but we especially

encourage work that speaks effectively across disciplines, and projects

that offer new perspectives on concerns central to the field of queer

studies. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the

following:

...

The Dept. of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University invites immediate applications for the position of Professor of Sexuality Studies and Director of the  Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality at the rank of Full Professor or Associate Professor, with tenure (pending approval of the President, as per SFSU policy).  Email hmsxdept@sfsu.edu. Starting date: Fall 2008.

iWe seek an outstanding senior research scholar with vision and broad knowledge of sexuality, who has achieved national visibility and leadership in the field, and who wishes to bring an established research program to a unique and growing intellectual center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sexuality, sexual health, and sexual and reproductive rights broadly construed are pivotal to our Department’s mission of advancing sexual literacy in order to...

The Dept. of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University invites immediate applications for the position of Professor of Sexuality Studies and Director of the  Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality at the rank of Full Professor or Associate Professor, with tenure (pending approval of the President, as per SFSU policy).  Email hmsxdept@sfsu.edu. Starting date: Fall 2008.

We seek an outstanding senior research scholar with vision and broad knowledge of sexuality, who has achieved national visibility and leadership in the field, and who wishes to bring an established research program to a unique and growing intellectual center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sexuality, sexual health, and sexual and reproductive rights broadly construed are pivotal to our Department’s mission of advancing sexual literacy in order to...

Dialogues member Amy Andre's article, "The Study of Sex," is features in the anthology Best Sex Writing 2008.  

Internship position available at the National Sexuality Resource Center.  Intern will work 10-15 hrs. per week through the Spring 2008 semester preparing for the 2008 Summer Institute Sexuality, Society, and Health.  Send letter of interest, resume, and reference list to Christopher White, PhD, Director of Education and Training, at nsrc_si@sfsu.edu by January 18, 2008.  Read further for more details...

Summer Institute on Sexuality, Society and Health 

INTERNSHIP POSITION 

Spring 2008 

 

January 5 marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.  To learn more about this groundbreaking book, the history of Dr. Kinsey's work, and the evolution of the Kinsey Institute, view here.

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The makers of Trojan(R) brand condoms and the NSRC's Campaign for Sexual Literacy are now accepting entries for the inaugural Trojan Evolve Student Journalism Award. The award will recognize college journalists who do an exceptional job reporting on sexual health topics in their college print or online media outlet. Students across the U.S. can apply by submitting an article published in 2007 relating to sexual health issues, statistics, products, policy or opinions at www.trojanevolve.com.

Trojan(R) and the National Sexuality Resource Center's Campaign for Sexual Literacy Recognize Outstanding College Reporting on Sexual Health Official Call for Entries: 2007 Trojan Evolve Student Journalism Award

The makers of Trojan brand condoms believe society's attitudes, policies, and ways of thinking about sexual health and condoms need to evolve -- from the idea that sex is unhealthy or something to be policed to a simple acknowledgement that it is a natural expression...

The Kinsey Institute has put out a helpful tips sheet for sexuality researchers when working with the media.  The list includes:

-Ask questions to assess the reporter’s knowledge and where the article might be headed.

-Be explicit about your concerns, and ask for a fact check. Be easy to find, and give good contact information

including a phone number for quick follow-up.

-Though it is your research, the reporter’s outlet owns the story. Although you may influence the approach the

journalist chooses to take, you cannot dictate it.

READ MORE FOR THE FULL LIST.

o Identify your specialty – do not speculate or feel obliged to speak outside your area of expertise.

o Be prepared for interviews – if you get a phone call, schedule your interview for another time. Most phone interviews last 20 to 40 minutes.

o Know the perspective of the journalist, and of the institution or outlet behind the reporter.

o Prepare yourself ahead of time by jotting down a few of the most important points...

The Institute for Sexuality, Social Inequality, and Health (NSRC and CRGS) in San Francisco is searching for a Deputy Director. The Deputy Director will provide daily management of all Institute activities and staff under the direction of the Institute’s Executive Director. This position will work with the NSRC director to create vision and implement mission across all programs and with the CRGS director to support grants development and faculty relationships.

Start Date: January 15, 2008

Send resume and cover letter to nsrchr@gmail.com.

 Major Job Activities:

   1. Provide onsite daily management of all Institute activities, and oversee all Institute events, under direction of Institute Executive Director. 30%

   2. Work with NSRC director and senior staff to create vision and implement mission across all programs and in national outreach. 20%

   3. Development - enhance resources and build capacity in fund raising activities, and lead donors effort; support CRGS director in faculty grants development. Manage Institute Board relationships. 30%

   4. Work with the Operations Manager to provide sound fiscal practices and ensure budget integrity; Provide for all...

We are pleased to announce that the first International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Psychology Summer Institute is now accepting applications for the 2008 program.  Places in the Summer Institute will be filled on a continuing basis beginning November 15. All applications must be received no later than March 1. The application form is available on-line at: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/lgbt-summer-institute.

A collaboration between the Departments of Psychology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, the Summer School is a week-long residential program in Ann Arbor, Michigan from August 3rd to 8th, 2008.

The Institute will provide a unique venue for an intensive exchange of ideas among senior, junior and graduate student scholars located across LGBT psychology. Ten leading scholars in the field of LGBT psychology from the US and the UK will provide attendees with mentorship to foster their professional development as emerging LGBT psychologists.

Abstracts are due Nov. 15 for the third annual National Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit to be held in Baltimore, Maryland. The National AIDS Housing Coalition (NAHC), working in collaboration with the Department of Health, Behavior and Society of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is pleased to announce the third National Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit, to be held March 5th - 7th, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. The theme of Summit III is Examining the Evidence: The Impact of Housing on HIV Prevention and Care.

NAHC

Abstracts are due Nov. 15 for the third annual National Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit to be held in Baltimore, Maryland. The National AIDS Housing Coalition (NAHC), working in collaboration with the Department of Health, Behavior and Society of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is pleased to announce the third National Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit, to be held March 5th - 7th, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. The theme of Summit III is Examining the Evidence: The Impact of Housing on HIV Prevention and Care.

NAHC

CAIR's postdoctoral research fellowship training program is a National Research Service Award (NRSA) training program that is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health. Two postdoctoral fellows are accepted annually for two-year period of training. Candidates for CAIR's postdoctoral fellowship program must receive their doctorate prior to beginning training, and individuals with postgraduate experience who now wish to focus their research in HIV prevention areas are encouraged to apply. It is anticipated that postdoctoral fellows will hold doctorates in the behavioral or social science, public health, nursing, or medical fields.

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

FOR THE

JANUARY 22-23, 2008

HELD AT: SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Two $500 scholarships will be awarded to UCSRT’s Dialogues members who wish to attend the 2008 Sex::Tech Conference in San Francisco. 

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

FOR THE

JANUARY 22-23, 2008

HELD AT: SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Two $500 scholarships will be awarded to UCSRT’s Dialogues members who wish to attend the 2008 Sex::Tech Conference in San...

Are you interested in becoming a community leader in sexual health?  Are you committed to eliminating sexual health disparities?  If you answered yes to these questions, the CESH Fellowship Program may be the place for you!

Overview of the 2008-2009 Fellowship Year:

The CESH Fellowship tenure will run 10 months beginning September 2, 2008 and end July 3, 2009.  Fellows are expected to reside in the Atlanta area for the duration of the fellowship tenure.  Each Fellow will receive a $35,000 stipend plus health care coverage through Morehouse School of Medicine.  The Fellows will be instructed by a multidisciplinary faculty of experts in sexuality, medicine, community...

The Princeton University Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2008-11 fellowship competition.  Postmark Deadline: October 8, 2007.

Visit the fellowship website for more info.

The stipend for 2008-9 will be approximately $66,500.  Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order that they may participate fully in the intellectual life of the Society.

Interviews will...

Submit your abstract here by Sept. 14.  Sex::Tech is the first conference ever conference focusing on youth, STD/HIV prevention, and technology.

The Kinsey Institute is looking for GLBT participants for a research study.

Would you say you had sex if...?

Anonymous, on-line questionnaire about your sexual attitudes & behaviors

It takes about 10 minutes to fill out.

Must be 18 or older.

If you have not already answered the survey, please click on this link to Surveymonkey.

Study # 07-12251

“Bisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Diversions, and Connections"

A special double issue of The Journal of Bisexuality

Edited by Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, PhD, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez and Jonathan Alexander, PhD, University of California, Irvine

This special double issue of The Journal of Bisexuality invites scholarly and research-oriented essays that explore potential theoretically or empirically understood connections and intersections between bisexuality and queer theory.

Queer Theory has emerged in the West as one of the most provocative analytical tools in the humanities and social sciences.  Scholars in fields as diverse as literary studies and anthropology to women's studies, gender studies, and legal studies have benefited greatly from queer theory's call to scrutinize identity and social structures as they are...

Jennifer Moorman and Maria San Filippo of UCLA are organizing a panel, "(Re)Constructing Bisexual Spaces" for the 2008 conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.  Conference info is posted on the SCMS website.

Here's info for scholars and graduate students who may wish to submit a proposal:

Summary:

In concert with the conference theme "Architectures of the Moving Image," this

panel aims to redress bisexual invisibility in visual media and associated academic discourses by surveying "bisexual spaces" throughout the visual

mediascape. We invite case studies and theoretical interventions that explore

sites (spatio-temporal locations) and sights (ways of seeing) between/beyond

heteronormativity and monosexuality.

We intend this panel to serve as a launching pad for a planned anthology on bisexualities and visual media, the first of its kind.

Please send abstracts (200-300 words) with short bio as a Word attachment via email to both organizers (jmoorman@ucla.edu, mariasf@ucla.edu) no later than August 10. (Please consult the SCMS guidelines before you submit.)  Click "view full" to see list of possible...

Bringing together activists, artists, independent scholars, faculty, practitioners, and students from a broad range of disciplines and fields, this conference aims to address issues of sexual desire and pleasure, cultural activism, black-brown dialogues and coalition-building, creating and performing sexual identities, human rights and social justice, and citizenship, among other topics.  The conference venue presents a unique opportunity for the participants to examine critically the state of empirically grounded, historicized, and theoretically informed inquiries and practices around Black and Latina/o bodies and sexualities. 

Please submit abstracts (as well as any queries) to RACESEXPOWER2008@DEPAUL.EDU.   The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 15, 2007.

 

RACE, SEX, POWER:

New Movements in Black & Latina/o Sexualities

I've just been notified by a colleague that NDRI (National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.) has a post-doctoral position they must fill by June 30.  They are looking to conduct interviews for this great opportunity as early as next week!

More info at

Tomorrow, Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives are poised to give the Community-Based Abstinence Education program the second largest increase in the history of this program.

Call or email your local representative today.  Demand no more money be given to a program that has been been scientifically proven to be ineffective.

To find out how you can make your voice heard on this matter before tomorrow, contact the National Coalition to Support Sexuality Education (a coalition convened by SIECUS): 202.265.2405.  www.ncsse.org

Catalyst releases "the first in its landmark Making Change series on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees and the workplace. Recognizing the challenges facing the LGBT community, Catalyst hopes to help organizations foster a work environment inclusive to all women and provide the insights, language, and solutions that will help to educate workplace professionals to more deeply understand the experiences of their LGBT coworkers.

View the press release.

Purchase the...

New Study Released Today: Adolescent Sexual Health Policy Project A new study released today by the Adolescent Sexual Health Policy Project at PHI's Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development finds widespread support among California parents for comprehensive sex education.The first-ever statewide poll of parents devoted to this topic, a whopping 89 percent of the 1,284 California parents sampled want students to receive comprehensive sex education that includes information about contraception and protection from sexually transmitted diseases -  a desire that remains uniform regardless of the parents' locale, religion, politics, race, or education level.  The study, by PHI scientists Norm Constantine,...

29th Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference

June 18-20

This conference will be addressing critical human/sexual rights issues from global, national and local perspectives.

Check out Dialogues' Events Calendar posting for more info.

Acting Surgeon General Launches Video Podcast for National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

In observance of the third annual National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, May 19, Rear Admiral Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H, acting surgeon general, provides information on the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Asian and Pacific Islanders, the need for reducing stigma about HIV, and the importance of being tested for HIV.  View and listen to the podcast  (under "Events" in right hand column)

1) Check out this new post in the Discussion Forums!  SSSS has created a new award for "Budding and Blossoming Professionals" in sexuality.  Click here to comment on this post and find out how to nominate someone.

2) New Job Posting: Project Coordinator for the International Resource Network at Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies.  Visit Dialogues' Opportunities page to apply.

Check out these newly-launched websites directed at Spanish-speaking and HIV/AIDS communities!

1) Sexualidades Latinas

Launched at the end of April, this Spanish-language website aims to broaden sexuality dialogues among Latinos and Spanish-speaking communities. It addresses sexuality-related topics such media, domestic violence, immigration, day laborers, and more.  To contribute articles to this site, contact sexualidadeslatinas@gmail.com.

2) HIVConnect.net

Launched on March 1, HIVConnect.net is a social networking site that connects all sectors of the HIV/AIDS community.  This site promotes free dialogue for people with HIV/AIDS,  community-based organizations, AIDS service organizations, and the family and friends of HIV-positive people.  Read more and comment at Dialogues member Stephan Adelson's blog.

Also, check out and respond to this recent discussion thread on Sexuality Honor Societies

CALL FOR PAPERS: JOURNAL OF BISEXUALITYSpecial Issues: Queer Theory and Bisexuality, and The Future of Bisexuality

Poll after poll indicates that professionals and nonprofessionals have some type

of increased involvement with bisexuality, either on a professional or personal

level. The Journal of Bisexuality is the first professional quarterly to publish

both professional articles and serious essays on bisexuality and its meaning for

the individual, the community, and society.

This exciting new journal covers a wide range of topics on bisexuality

including:

• new bisexual research

• bisexual issues in therapy

• differences from the straight, lesbian, and gay communities

• growth of the bisexual movement

• bisexuality and the media

• bisexual history

• different bisexual lifestyles

...

Congratulations to all who presented at UCSRT's inaugural conference last week!  And thank you to all who attended and helped make the event vibrant and engaging.

We have received great feedback about the impressive high quality of presentations and discussions that took place, incorporating perspectives from across all disciplines and fields.

To continue the momentum built at the conference, join the UCSRT Conference community space at the Working Groups section of this site.  Use this space to continue connecting and conversing with conference attendees and producing new knowledge.

If you are attending UCSRT's inaugural conference, or you wish you could attend but can't, then visit the conference's community space at the Working Groups section of Dialogues.  This is a place for those attending the conference to meet each other beforehand and start communicating.  You can see the official program and read the abstracts of scheduled presentations.

If you wanted to attend the conference but couldn't, this is a great place for you to still be involved in the conversations and activity with conference presenters and attendees. 

After the conference is over, we will post podcasts of presentations and use this space in a variety of important ways to continue the momentum from the event.

In other Dialogues news, there are two new articles in Dialogues'  Cutting Edge feature.  We

Congratulations to Amy Andre, Dialogues member, for the official release last week of Bisexual Health: An Introduction and Model Practices for HIV/STI Prevention Programming, which she co-authored for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute.  Check her statement out in our Discussion Forum "General Discussion - Your questions and thoughts for Dialogues members."  Download the free report .

You can listen to the KPFK Los Angeles radio interview of Amy, and selecting the “Uprising” show on Monday, March 19, 2007 at 9:01 a.m.: She is interviewed from 0:30 to 0:42 minutes in the program.

According to Amy, this report "represents the first time a national LGBT nonprofit organization has devoted resources like this to the topic of bisexual health."

Since Friday, 50 new members have joined, increasing Dialogues' membership to 220! 

Check out the "Who's Related" section of your profie to see other Dialogues users that have entered research interests identical to yours.  Add to your list of Colleagues to expand your network and foster relationships for potential collaborations.

New Feature: The Watch List.  Keep track of Discussion Forum threads and posts that are of interest to you by clicking "Add to watch list."  Any post you enter automatically gets added to your watchlist, so you can be notified when someone responds to your post! 

This week saw the launch of Dialogues!  We now have 170 members and growing.  Check out what people are talking about in our Discussion Forums.  See how colleagues are collaborating through our Working Groups feature.  Discover new Opportunities for funding.  Read what Mentorship questions have been answered, ask your own question, or volunteer to be a mentor. 

And more new features are coming soon!  2007 looks to be an exciting year for the field of sexuality.

UCSRT's Dialogues launches today!  The next few months will be an exciting time for Dialogues and the field of sexuality, with new users joining, connecting with others in the Consortium, and creating new knowledge together.  Although we are no longer in our Beta phase, the site is still young, so we will be continuously adding new features and looking for any bugs that arise, in our best effort to make this site optimally useful for you.  Enjoy!

Leading up to our March 1 world-wide release, Dialogues now boasts 6 working groups and a membership of 130 and counting.

Don't forget to register for UCSRT's inaugural conference at http://kinseyinstitute.org/ucsrt.

Registration is now open for the inaugural UCSRT Conference, "The Future of Sexuality Research: Methodological to Social Policy Innovations," at the Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana, from April 9-11.  To register, visit http://kinseyinstitute.org/ucsrt.

Happy New Year, UCSRT!  It has been exciting to see the overwhelming number of people who have been joining the Consortium over the past month.  As we enter the final stages of Dialogues' development, leading up to the official launch in the latter part of February, exciting new features have been developed. 

First off, the WORKING GROUPS!  Click on the "Working Groups" tab in the menu at the top of your page, and start you own group, or join a currently existing working group.  Work collaboratively with people from coast to coast to develop projects, write and edit papers, plan conferences, exchange thoughts on a sexuality topic you're passionate about, and more!  Contact me with any questions you have about this feature. 

Next, we have a host of functions that have been created and will be available to you soon to make your Consortium experience enjoyable and valuable to your work.  For example, email...

Last week, UCSRT's Dialogues launched into Beta.  Over the next couple of months, we will be continuously adding more functions to My Page, Working Groups, Opportunities, and other features of Dialogues.  We will also be rolling out accounts to more and more users.  Send me any and all questions and suggestions about the website's functions and features.  You can email me at ucsrt@sfsu.edu.  Better yet, use the messaging system within this website and sending me a message through Dialogues!  I look forward to hearing from you.

The Consortium exhibits with great success at the SSSS Conference!