She's been teaching about and studying sexuality and gender issues for over 20 years. Her books include “Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience” (with Lis M. Maurer, Westview, 2010); “Sexualities in Context: A Social Perspective” (Westview, 2006); and “Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society” (with Michael S. Kimmel, Oxford, 2004), among others. Currently she serves as the book review editor of the Journal of Sex Research and is on the Editorial Board of the journal Sexualities. With extensive training and certification as a sexuality educator and HIV/AIDS program evaluator, she has also educated in diverse communities and held a post-doctoral fellowship in the department of behavioral science, University of Kentucky.