William L. Yarber

Senior Research Fellow, The Kinsey Institute Professor of Applied Health Science, Indiana University Professor of Gender Studies, Indiana University Senior Director and Principal Investigator, Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention Health, Phys Ed & Recreation HPER 111 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: (812) 855-7974 Email: yarber@indiana.edu

Research Interests

Professor Yarber's primary research interest is HIV/STD risk behavior: including condom use errors and problems. He has published over 100 scientific and pedagogical articles in professional journals and has authored four AIDS/STD school curricula, including the nation's first school AIDS curriculum. Dr. Yarber has been the principal investigator of over $3 million in extramural grants and contracts from federal and state agencies. In 2004, Dr. Yarber was awarded the Professional Standard of Excellence Award from the American Association of Sex Educators, Therapists, and Counselors and in 2002 he received the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS). Dr. Yarber is also a former consultant to the World Health Organization Global Program on AIDS and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Yarber is a past president of SSSS and chair of the board of directors of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. In 1991, he was awarded the Association for the Advancement of Health Education's Outstanding Scholar Award and the Indiana University President's Award for Distinguished Teaching. Dr. Yarber regularly teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes in human sexuality.

See also: Curriculum Vitae