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Visiting Professor, University of Southern California
Professor Emeritus, California State University, Northridge
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, SUNYe-mail address: vbullough@csun.edu
Special Interest Areas: Field of sexology, especially the history of sex and he has done research studies on homosexuality, lesbianism, transvestism, transsexuals, transgender, prostitution, contraception, abortion and sado-masochism. He is interested in all areas of human sexuality.
Background: Vern's academic background was at the University of Chicago. He was the founding director of The Center for Sex Research at California State University, Northridge; Professor Emeritus from the History Department at CSUN and went to the State University of New York system as Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences and a distinguished professor. He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Southern California.
Selected Bibliography: Vern Bullough is the author, co-author, or editor of nearly 50 books; he has contributed chapters or introductions to more than 70 other books; has published 150 refereed articles, and more than 200 articles in non refereed journals.
Among his more significant works in the field of sex are:
Sexual Variance in Society and History (Wiley, 1976; Univ. of Chicago, 1978)
Science in the Bedroom (Basic Books, 1994)
Books with Bonnie Bullough
Subordinated Sex, (University of Illinois, 1973) .
Cross Dressing, Sex and Gender, (University of Pennsylvania, 1993)
Sickness and Sanity, (New American Library, 1976)
Women and Prostitution, ( Prometheus, 1988)
Contraception, (Prometheus, 1990)
Sexual Attitudes: Myths and Realities, (Prometheus, 1990)
Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, (Garland, 1994)
Book with James Brundage
Handbook of Medieval Sexuality, (Garland, 1996)
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