Our Founding Director
Alfred C. Kinsey
Born June 23, 1894 in Hoboken, New Jersey
B.S., Bowdoin College (1916)
Sc.D., Harvard University (1920)
Department of Zoology, Indiana University (1920-1956)
Died August 25, 1956, in Bloomington, Indiana
Paul H. Gebhard
Director 1956-1982
Born July 3, 1917 in Rocky Ford, ColoradoB.S., Harvard University (1940)
Ph.D., Harvard University (1947)
Department of Anthropology, Indiana University (1947-1986)
June M. Reinisch
Director 1982-1993
Born February 2, 1943 in New York, New YorkB.S., New York University (1966)
Ph.D., Columbia University (1976)
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University (1975-1982)
Department of Psychology, Indiana University (1982-1993)
Stephanie A. Sanders
Interim Director 1993-1995 and 2013-2014
Born March 3, 1954 in Somerville, New JerseyB.A., Douglass College, Rutgers University (1976)
Ph.D., Rutgers University (1984)
Assistant Director, The Kinsey Institute (1988-1993)
Associate Director, The Kinsey Institute (1995-Present)
Associate Professor, Gender Studies, Indiana University (1997-Present)
John J. Bancroft, MD
Director 1995-2004
1960, M.B., B.Chir. (Cantab)1966, Diploma of Psychological Medicine (DPM, London)
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1966
M.A., M.D., Cambridge University, England, 1970
Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, 1975
1991, Fellow (FRCPE), Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh)
Clinical Professor, Indiana University Dept. of Psychiatry, IU School of Medicine (1995-2004)
Senior Research Fellow, The Kinsey Institute (2004)
Julia Heiman, Ph.D.
Director 2004-2013
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), 1970, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology), 1975, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
Predoctoral Internship, Stony Brook Psychological Center and Patchogue Medford School System, 1972 1974
Postdoctoral Research Associate, NIMH funded, 1975, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook
C. Sue Carter, Ph.D.
Director 2014-2019
Bachelor of Arts (Biology), Drury College, Springfield, MO
Doctor of Philosophy (Zoology), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Postdoctoral Trainee, NIH funded, Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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