VERONICA DIEHL ELIAS
Professor of Sociology, California State University, Northridge

e-mail: velias@csun.edu

Special Interest Areas: Veronica's interests lie in theory, literature, socialization and public policy, and sociobiological aspects of sexuality. Human Sexuality Courses:
Soc. 451, Sociological Aspects of Human Sexuality
Background: Veronica holds a B.A. in Psychology from Southern Illinois University, an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Indiana University. At IU, she worked as a research associate at the Kinsey Institute. She is Professor of Sociology at CSUN, a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist, "former consulting editor, Journal of Sex Research, former member, editorial advisement committee, Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality."
Selected Bibliography:

"The Sexual World oft he Adolescent," with James Elias: in The Counseling Psychologist, Vol. 5, No. 17 1975.

"Interpreting Data on Sexual Conduct and Social Change," in The Humanist, 1979 and also in The Frontiers of Sex Research by Vern Bullough, ed., Prometheus Press, New York, 979.

"Dimensions of Masculinity and Female Reactions to Male Nudity" with James Elias in Love and Attraction, Cook and Wilson, eds., Pergamon Press, N.Y., 1979.

"AIDS and Public Policy," in Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, New York: Garland Press, 1992.

"Erotic Themes in Literature, " in Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, New York; Garland Press, 1992.

"Applying Goffman's Dramaturgy in the Therapeutic Setting," with James Elias, Pacific Sociological Association, 1995.

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