He is also Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University - a transdisciplinary center that pursues a progressive agenda of research focused on enhancing the conceptual and methodological foundations of research in sexual health. He holds academic appointments at The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, the African Studies program and the Institute for Action Research in Community Health at the IU School of Medicine. Michael is also a faculty member of the School of Public Health at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya.