Elizabeth Rae Larson, MS, DHS
Western Region Representative

is in private practice as a sex therapist and educator and is a co-founder (1975) and the current director of Seattle Institute for Sex Therapy, Education and Research, a small non-profit organization committed to making affordable services available to women and men from a wide variety of sexual lifestyles. Dr. Larson holds a MS in Psychology and a Doctorate in Human Sexuality; she is a Founding Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists. She is certified as a sexologist by the American College of Sexologists and as a sex therapist and sex educator by the American Board of Sexology. She is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington State and a certified Safe Sex Instructor/Advisor. She has presented continuing education in the United States and abroad, taught at Antioch and the University of Washington, and trained interns and general counselors. She is a coauthor of "Recovering from Rape: Healing Your Sexuality" (available at http://www.sextx.com/rape.html) and coauthor of Beyond Romance: A sexual enhancement curriculum for couples in long-term committed relationships (available by email from therapy@sextx.com).

Barbara Sayad, Ph.D.

Barbara Sayad is a full-time faculty person at California State University, Monterey Bay, where she teaches human sexuality, women's health, marriage and family, and wellness with a focus on service learning. She holds a Ph.D. in Health & Human Behavior, an M.P.H. in Community Health Education, and a B.S. in Foods and Nutrition. Additionally, she along with her co-author Bill Yarber has written six editions of the human sexuality textbook Human Sexuality; Diversity in Contemporary America (McGraw-Hill). She has also co-authored the The Marriage and Family Experience (ITP) and has contributed to a number of other health-related texts, curricular guides, and publications. In addition to her nearly thirty years of teaching and mentoring in the university setting, Barbara has facilitated training programs, presented at professional organizations, and worked as a training and curriculum consultant in non-profit and proprietary organizations.

Hernando Chaves, DHS
Board Representative and
Conference Co-Chair

Dr. Hernando Chaves is a clinical sexologist in Beverly Hills, CA and a professor of human sexuality. He has earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a M.A. in Marital and Family Therapy from the University of San Diego, and a Doctorate degree in Human Sexuality from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Dr. Chaves has presented lectures at universities, national and international conferences, and has made media appearances on television, radio, and the internet. He is currently the SSSS Professional Networking Committee Chairperson, Student Involvement Chairperson for the SSSS Western Region, and Conference Co-Chairperson for the 2011 SSSS Western Region Conference in San Francisco.

 

Christopher White, Ph.D.
President-Elect

 

Christopher White, PhD, is the Director of Education and Training at the National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC) and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Sexuality Studies both of San Francisco State University. At the NSRC, Dr. White is the Director of the annual Summer Institute, a program designed to enhance and supplement the education and experience of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals seeking careers in the field of sexuality. He has taught courses at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned is PhD in Health Promotion, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. White has a strong commitment to facilitating learning and professional development for scholars and early professionals by helping them acquire the skills, knowledge, and experience for success. His research interests lie in understanding the ways in which individuals and communities gain access to information and services for lifelong learning regarding healthy sexuality, pleasure, and desire and using that information to create more accessible, user-friendly sources and services. In addition, Dr. White is an advocate for developing models for school and community-based programs that promote healthy sexuality by addressing social issues and inequities through sex education, including developing training programs for educators that help them learn how to teach about sexuality, how to select or create materials and curricula appropriate for their community, and how to evaluate their programs.

Winston Wilde
Past President, 2010

Winston Wilde is a native Californian who grew up as a flower child during the sex revolution of the 1960's. He served as the SSSS-WR conference Registrar in 2002 and 2003, as WR Representative to the Board of Directors in 2006 through 2008, and has been an active member since 1995. Dr. Wilde is certified by AASECT as a Sex Educator, Sex Therapist, and Supervisor, and is in private practice in Beverly Hills. He was professor of Human Sexuality and Gender Studies at four campuses in the Los Angeles area for a decade, and now lectures to psychiatric residents at UCLA on the treatment of paraphilic patients. He was awarded a FSSS grant for his research into the sexualities of blind persons, and among his many publications is his book "Legacies of Love." Wilde currently serves as Advisory Committee Chair for the charitable Monette-Horwitz Trust.

 

Carol Ellison, Ph.D.
Past President, 2009
Past President, 2001

Carol Rinkleib Ellison, Ph.D., is a psychologist specializing in issues of sexuality and intimacy and a SSSS Fellow. Formerly an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCSF, she regularly teaches sexuality courses for nurses and mental health professionals. She is the author of Women's Sexualities. Generations of Women Share Intimate Secrets of Sexual Self-Acceptance, a chapter on intimacy-based sex therapy in New Directions in Sex Therapy, a chapter on facilitating orgasmic responsiveness in the Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals, and a chapter on women's sexual problems and concerns in A New View of Women's Sexual Problems.

David S. Hall, Ph.D.
Treasurer
Past President, 2007

www.davidhallphd.com

• Publisher and Managing Editor, Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality. Founded the first online academic journal of human sexuality in 1998. [www.ejhs.org]
• Faculty, Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco
• Adjunct Professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
• Former Board Member, SSSS and FSSS
• Former Executive Director, Former President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Western Region
• Managed the regional office, chaired many regional conferences. Received the “Distinguished Service to SSSS” Award in 1998.
• Extensive teaching experience in aviation
• Full time faculty at University of Southern California, part time teaching at Arizona State University, International Center for Safety Education, International Center for Aviation Safety, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
• Many publications in sexology and aviation safety.

Olga Perez Stable Cox, M.A.
Past President, 2005

Being a sexologist is an important part of my life. It's satisfying and rewarding to know that I positively impact many people's lives. I just received recognition for 35 years of full-time teaching at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa California. I've been teaching sexuality classes since 1975. I'm a licensed therapist with a private practice in Costa Mesa.

I have immensely benefitted from my involvement in SSSS. I've served the Society in many ways including as Western Region Secretary, Representative, President, and Conference Chair. I've helped with continuing education, student volunteers, local resources, special interest groups, and registration.

Stella Resnick, Ph.D.
Past President, 2003

Janice Epp, Ph.D.
President
Past President, 2002
Past President, 1999

Janice Epp is a clinical sexologist and sex educator. Education: B.A., Antioch University; Ph.D., The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS). Recent professional experience: Professor, IASHS. Lecturer, Health Science, Skyline College. Clinical Professor and Dean of Dissertation Research, American Academy of Clinical Sexologists. Contributing Health Expert, www.MedHelp.org. Lifetime Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Sexology. Contributing Editor, Core Curriculum Precis, American Board of Sexology. Editorial Board, Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality (www.ejhs.org). Founding Member, Straights for Gay Rights, San Francisco, CA. For SSSS: Western Region (WR) Secretary, 1991-92; WR President 1998-99/2002-03; WR Representative, 1995-97; WR Conference Co-Chair, 1990/1993/1996; WR Program Co-Chair, 2005/2008; WR Awards Committee; Annual Meeting Program Committee, 1995-2007; Admissions Committee; Annual Meeting Policy Co-Chair, Recipient of Distinguished Service to SSSS Western Region Award, 2008.

Jack Morin, Ph.D.


Past President, 1998

Jack Morin, Ph.D. practices psychotherapy and sex therapy in San Francisco and San Mateo. His clinical work, combined with content analysis of peak erotic experiences and fantasies, lead to the publication of The Erotic Mind, an in-depth guide to what turns us on-and why. Anal Pleasure and Health: A Guide for men, Women and Couples has been continuously in print since 1981. The revised 4th Edition was published this spring. He's an adjunct professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies and associate professor at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Podcasts of selected presentations and radio appearances, along with excerpts from his books, and an extensive list of print and online resources are available at www.jackmorin.com. Jack also has a passion for photography. Numerous galleries of his photos can be viewed at www.jackmorinphotography.com.

Charles Moser, Ph.D., M.D.
Past President, 1997

Charles Moser is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP). Currently, Dr. Moser is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Sexual Medicine at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and maintains a private practice focused on the Sexual Medicine (the sexual aspects of medical concerns and the medical aspects of sexual concerns). His complete CV can be accessed here.

Andrew Mattison, Ph.D.

Past President, 1995

Marilyn Fithian, Ph.D.

Past President, 1993

Marilyn remained curious about sex for her entire 87 years. She knew early in childhood that she wanted to be a sex researcher---even before she knew what a sexologist was. Marilyn was the ultimate collector and flea marketeer. Her home was a warren of books, boxes, research data and erotic folk art collections.

Fithian was a mother of four who went back to school, where she began her forty year collaboration with Bill Hartman at Cal State University Long Beach. Together they interviewed 2,600 people in 150 nudist camps, and in 1970 published Nudist Society.

In 1965, Hartman and Fithian opened the Center for Marital and Sexual Studies in Long Beach, where they were known as the Masters and Johnson of the West. As sex therapists, Marilyn and Bill treated the disabled and they were the first to treat single young women. They worked as a dual sex therapy team where they incorporated detailed sex histories, sensate focus exercises, sexological evaluations, journaling, MMPI�s and other teaching tools. Marilyn and Bill gathered data on the sexual performance of 751 subjects, 282 men and 469 women. They completed 10,000 hours worth of observations over two decades, and co-authored Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction and Any Man Can.

Bill and Marilyn lived together for thirty years. They finally planned to marry when they were in their 70s, but Bill died before the wedding and Marilyn wore her wedding dress to his funeral. Marilyn Fithian died on September 11, 2008.

Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D.

Past President, 1991
Past President, 1990

Milton Diamond
Past President, 1987

Milton Diamond graduated from the City College of New York with a B.S. in biophysics in 1955 after which he spent three years in the Army as an engineering officer, stationed in Japan. On returning to the United States, he attended graduate school at University of Kansas from 1958–1962 and earned a Ph.D. in anatomy and psychology from that University. His first job was teaching at the University of Louisville, School of Medicine where he simultaneously completed two years toward an M.D., passing his Basic Medicine Boards and in 1967 he moved to Hawai'i to take up a post at the recently-established John A. Burns School of Medicine. Dr. Diamond has been based at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, now at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, since 1967. He was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Reproductive Biology in 1971, and since 1985 he has been Director of the Pacific Center for Sex and Society within the School of Medicine. In 1999 Dr. Diamond was appointed as President of the International Academy of Sex Research and in 2001/02 as President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

David D. Barney, MSW, MPH, PhD

Dr. Barney received his MPH from the University of California at Berkeley, and MSW from San Diego State University, and a PhD in social work from the University of Kansas. 
At present, he is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at NMSU.  He teaches classes in both clinical social work practice and social work research.
Dr. Barney’s previous experience includes positions as the medical epidemiologist for Alamada County in California and assistant statistician at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Previously, as Director of Research at the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center he conducted evaluation activities for a network of 12 Special Projects of National Significance throughout the U.S. that served American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Other major research and evaluation efforts have included the HRSA U.S./Mexico International Border HIV/AIDS Initiative and the HRSA National American Indian and Alaska Native HIV/AIDS Technical Assistance Center.  He has conducted HIV/AIDS evaluations for adherence issues and Title III programs under the Ryan White CARE Act.  Dr. Barney has made more than 50 presentations on HIV/AIDS at national conferences, published two articles on HIV-care evaluation methods, and published numerous articles on HIV/AIDS case management. Currently, Dr. Barney is the principal investigator for two research projects. First, he is project evaluator on the CDC funded Latino Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Project.  Second, he serves as multi-site evaluator for the Paso del Norte Health Foundation Two Should Know: Healthy Human Sexuality Initiative.

Doug Braun-Harvey, MA

Doug Braun-Harvey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Group Psychotherapist and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist.  Mr. Braun-Harvey presents nationally and internationally on issues of sexual health, out of control sexual behavior (OCSB) and group psychotherapy.  His sexual health based approaches for improving clinical treatment outcomes are published in several journals. From 2002 to 2005, he developed and supervised the implementation of the nations’ first sexual behavior relapse prevention program in drug and alcohol treatment at Stepping Stone of San Diego. This pioneering psycho-educational program integrated sex/drug-linked addiction patterns, relapse-prevention strategies with principles of sexual health to improve addiction treatment outcomes and increase client retention. The psycho-educational group curriculum training manual “Sexual Health in Drug and Alcohol Treatment: Group facilitator’s manual” was published in 2009. Mr. Braun-Harvey is currently writing the companion volume “Sexual Health in Recovery: assessment and counseling manual” for publication in 2011.  He is in private practice in San Diego and on the web at www.BridgingSexualHealth.com and Facebook at Doug Braun-Harvey. 

Rose Hartzell, Ph.D.

Dr. Hartzell performs psychotherapy and is a sexuality researcher at San Diego Sexual Medicine, where she is responsible for addressing the sexuality, relationship, and intimacy concerns of individuals and couples who attend the clinic. Dr. Hartzell earned her doctorate in health behavior with an emphasis in human sexuality, and an EdS and Masters in mental health counseling with a minor in development from Indiana University. Dr. Hartzell is a registered Marriage and Family Therapy Intern (IMF 60870) and is an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator. She has conducted sex research with the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction and the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP). She also serves as a reviewer for The Journal of Sexual Medicine.