Faculty: Susan Gilbert, MPA Results from a national study with 1,860 young adults on their communications with partners, including perceived benefits of and barriers to communicating, the topics they want to discuss more openly and the skills they want to build, along with a new multi-media campaign, Own the Awk, will be shared. Please note […]
This presentation will review methods and findings from a DHHS-funded study aimed at identifying core content, pedagogy, implementation, and context components of five evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) curricula. The presentation will also discuss how study findings can inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of future TPP curricula. Please note that registration is for one […]
Join us for a live networking session to kick off Black History Month and connect with colleagues, community members, and leaders in sexuality education. This opening gathering sets the tone for a month of learning, connection, and celebration.
This lecture explores the different types of lubricant, including water based, silicone based, oil based and hybrid options. We will cover how they work, what they are best used for, body safety, toy compatibility and common myths, helping people choose lube that supports pleasure, comfort and confidence.
This interactive webinar invites Black women and femmes to explore sexual pleasure as a practice of healing, agency, and liberation. Grounded in pleasure activism, participants will reflect on embodied knowledge, communication, boundaries, and intimacy, unlearning sexual shame while envisioning pleasure as a collective praxis rooted in Black histories and futures.
This live closing session brings the month’s programming together through guided discussion and reflection. Participants will revisit themes from the prerecorded webinars, celebrate the Black-led businesses and organizations spotlighted throughout the month, and reflect on how to carry this work forward beyond February.
One in four pregnancy-capable people in the US will have an abortion. Despite abortion being common, professionals in sexual and reproductive health-related fields receive inadequate abortion education. This lecture will discuss research on the need for abortion training in higher education in the US and resources available.
This study examines how sexual identity intersects with cultural, religious, and linguistic contexts in Iranian classrooms. Through interviews with five cisgender EFL learners, findings reveal limited awareness of sexuality issues and adherence to heteronormative norms, highlighting a critical gap and suggesting ways to advance inclusive education.
Sexual identities across the queer spectrum are often presented as worrisome, painful, and something people often experience hate as a result of. Instead, presenting queer identities as celebratory can positively shift how young people see themselves and their peers now and in the future.
Join us for a free sex ed networking session!
Drawing on a dataset of 120 articles comprising news reports, op-ed pieces, and editorials, I explore the discursive strategies employed in the Ghanaian media to resist CSE implementation. I combine insights from critical policy analysis and critical discourse analysis to shed light on how, through the media, individuals and groups other than curriculum experts influence […]
Drawing on emerging research with international college students, this session equips sexuality educators to address PMS and dysmenorrhea as educational equity issues. The session translates evidence into culturally responsive teaching strategies and referral pathways that reduce stigma, improve learning conditions, and support mental health and academic performance.
