"Do Good Values Make Bad Science? Research Case Studies in HIV/AIDS, Pornography, and Sexuality"

William A. Fisher, PhD, FCAHS

Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology and; Obestetrics and Gynaecology, Western University London, Ontario,Canada

***About the Speaker***

William Fisher, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Western Ontario and a Research Affiliate at the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut. Dr. Fisher has been a National Health Scientist, HIV/AIDS, Health Canada, and he is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the Society of Experimental Social Psychology. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and the Journal of Sex Research, and received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Dr. Fisher has published over 250 papers concerning the social and psychological determinants of sexual and reproductive health behaviors, emphasizing theory-based research concerning prediction and promotion of HIV/AIDS preventive behavior in collaboration with Dr. Jeffrey Fisher. His work has been supported by the US National Institute of Mental Health, the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the Canadian Institute for Health Research over the past four decades.

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We need your help in finding a new director of the Rainbow Center! Please consider attending today's candidate presentation and offering your feedback!

The Office for Diversity and Inclusion is please to host the first of three candidates for the Rainbow Center Director position. Today, we welcome Mark Rasdorf.

The presentation time slot is one hour (30 minutes for the topic followed by the Q and A). Each candidate will present an action plan that addresses one or more issues facing the LGBTQIA+ community and how, as the Director of the Rainbow Center, each will address the issue(s) in a way that cultivates empathy and empowerment.

Mark Rasdorf (pronouns: he/him/his), is the Associate Director in Intercultural Affairs at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

Out in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (oSTEM) is a national student society, dedicated to increasing the participation of people who identify with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, or ally (LGBTQ+) communities in disciplines related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The primary function of oSTEM is to educate and foster leadership among STEM students from LGBTQ+ communities.

oSTEM has chapters from over 50 universities in the US. Some goals of oSTEM are:

(a) To serve and affirm people who identify as LGBTQ+.

(b) To promote the participation from and development of LGBTQ+ communities in STEM disciplines.

(c) To educate and develop students of STEM disciplines, preparing them for graduation.

(d) To support and contribute to the dynamic network sustained by oSTEM Incorporated.

(e) To provide education, outreach, and professional resources to local high schools when appropriate.

(f) To actively recruit and address the needs of diverse LGBTQ+ groups within the University community, inclusive of those who are historically underrepresented with regards to gender, gender identity or expression, and ethnic background.

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