Core Faculty
Debby Herbenick
Provost ProfessorDean's Eminent Scholar
Director, Center for Sexual Health Promotion
Phone: 812-855-7011
Email: debby@iu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-0352-2248
Scholarly Interests
- Population sexual health
- Women sexual health
- Sexual function pleasure
- US sexual behavior
Scholarly Interests
- Sociology
- Quantitative methods
Heather Eastman-Mueller
Assistant Director, Indiana University Health CenterDirector, Graduate Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Clinical Associate Professor
Phone: 812-855-4851
Email: heastman@iu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-4376-0977
Scholarly Interests
- Sex education curriculum
- Student sexual behavior
- Gender identity expression
- Reproductive health promotion
Scholarly Interests
- Implementation science
- HIV
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Behavioral science
Emily Galper
Postdoctoral Fellow in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Scholarly Interests
- Health personal networks
- Disease prevention
- Health promotion
- Applied network science
Scholarly Interests
- Youth health education
- Sexual health education
- Sexual health
- Substance use disorders
- Adolescent substance treatment
- Juvenile drug courts
- Mental health
- System-level change
- Process evaluation
- Cost analysis
- Treatment technology utilization
- Evidence-based treatment
Lucia Guerra-Reyes
Associate ProfessorPhone: 812-856-7663
Email: luguerra@iu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-3300-0720
Scholarly Interests
- Reproductive health
- Reproductive decision-making
- Latin America
- Health disparities
- Indigenous groups
- Culturally responsive frameworks
Kristen Jozkowski
William L. Yarber Endowed Professor in Sexual HealthPhone: 812-856-4355
Email: knjozkow@iu.edu
Scholarly Interests
- Survey Research
- Abortion Attitudes
- Influence of alcohol intoxication on correlates of sexual assault
- Sexual violence prevention
- Sexual consent and refusal communication
Scholarly Interests
- Mixed methods inquiry
- Workforce instructional development
- Reproductive sexual health
- Adolescent health
- Intervention design evaluation
- Health education promotion
Christina Ludema
Associate ProfessorPhone: 812-855-9181
Email: cludema@iu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-0779-810X
Scholarly Interests
- Infectious diseases
- Maternal and child health
- Social epidemiology
- Causal inference
Scholarly Interests
- Program Planning, Design, and Evaluation
- Aging and Chronic Conditions
- Health Disparities
- Physical Activity and Sport
Scholarly Interests
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Sexual health promotion
- Cognitive aging
- Cash transfers microfinance
- Lifecourse poverty alleviation
- Global health
- Social epidemiology
Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin
Clinical ProfessorAssociate Chair
Phone: 812-855-2673
Email: csherwoo@iu.edu
Scholarly Interests
- Adolescent reproductive health
- Health education training
- School sexuality education
- Intervention design implementation
- Community needs assessment
- Participatory community research
Ivanka Simic Stanojevic
Assistant ProfessorPhone: 812-856-1095
Email: isimics@iu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-8581-354X
Scholarly Interests
- Disability sexual health
- Women sexual health
- LGBTQ+ sexual health
- Sexual health equity
- Sexual behavior
- Sexual pleasure
- Recreational therapy
Scholarly Interests
- Health Communication
- Human AI Interaction
- Social Informatics and New Media Mining
Eric Walsh-Buhi
Chair, Department of Applied Health ScienceProfessor
Phone: 812-855-4867
Email: erwals@iu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-1690-5352
Scholarly Interests
- Adolescent health
- Sexual health promotion
- Health communication
- Digital health media
Grace Wetzel
Postdoctoral Fellow in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Core Faculty Partners
J. Dennis Fortenberry
Professor EmeritusDivision of Adolescent Medicine
School of Medicine
Indiana University
School of Medicine
Indiana University
Devon Hensel
Division of Adolescent Medicine
School of Medicine
Indiana University
School of Medicine
Indiana University
Bryant Paul
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Telecommunications
The Media School
Indiana University
The Media School
Indiana University
Scholarly Interests
- Social inclusion
- Socially Assistive Robots
- Adaptive sports
- Sexual Health and Disability
Department of Health Professions
IU Indianapolis
IU Indianapolis
Stephanie A. Sanders
ProfessorDepartment of Gender Studies
Indiana University
Indiana University
Paul Wright
Professor and Director of Communication Science
The Media School
Indiana University
The Media School
Indiana University
Affiliated Faculty
Jonathon Beckmeyer
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Applied Science and Technology
Illinois State University
Illinois State University
Randolph D. Hubach
ProfessorDepartment of Public Health
Purdue University
Purdue University
Callie Patterson Perry
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Public Health
College of Health Sciences
Des Moines University
College of Health Sciences
Des Moines University
Shemeka Thorpe
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Kinesiology & Health Promotion
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Core Partners In Memoriam
Judith Bradford
Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development
West Virginia University
West Virginia University
Patricia Stowers
School of Nursing
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago