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Sandra L. CaronView this expert's archive 
Biography: Dr. Sandra L. Caron is Professor of Family Relations/Human
Sexuality at the University of Maine. She is the founder & director of
three nationally recognized peer education programs: “Athletes for
Sexual Responsibility,” "Male Athletes
Against Violence," and “The Greek Peer Educator Program.” She also
writes a weekly column on sexuality for the campus newspaper entitled, Sex
Matters, hosts a radio show by that same name on the campus radio
station, and hosts a national website for
college students entitled [ http://collegesextalk.com/
]collegesextalk.com. In the summers, Dr. Caron teaches a study abroad course each
summer; her course, Human Sexuality: Europe versus the United States, takes
students to England, The
Netherlands, and Sweden to examine firsthand how other countries deal
with sexuality issues. In addition to her faculty position, she works
is a licensed counselor and works as a sex therapist; she is the
co-director of the Human Sexuality Clinic
in Orono, Maine. She has received numerous recognitions for her work.
In 2002, she received the Presidential Public Service Achievement Award
for the University of Maine. In 1999 she received the Margaret Vaughan
Award from the Family Planning
Association of Maine for her outstanding contribution to sexuality
education. She is the 1998 recipient of the Presidential Outstanding
Teaching Award for the University of Maine. In 1997, she became Maine’s first
recipient of the Faculty-Student
Centered Award. She has been an active member of the American
Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, and the Society for
the Scientific Study of Sexuality for over 20 years. Her research and
publications have focused on the
social-sexual development of young people, with an emphasis on sexual
decision-making, contraceptive use, safer sex, sexual assault, sexuality
education, and cross-cultural perspectives.She has authored two books,
Sex Around the World:
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human Sexuality (published in 2003 by
Prentice Hall), and Sex Matters for College Students, 2nd edition
(publication in 2007, Prentice Hall).
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