Curriculum Vitae

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Carolyn Rebecca Chalker, PhD

Education

PhD, 2010, The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Sexology.
Dissertation: “The Pleasure Revolution,” Ted McIlvenna, Advisor.

MA, 1975,  Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.  English Literature.

Thesis: “A Psychoanalytic Reading of Melville’s ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener,’”
Bruce Bickley, Advisor.

BA, 1966, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Political Science and Humanities.      

Teaching Positions

2013-2014     Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies, Pace University, New York, N.Y.

2000-2013:   Adjunct Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies, Pace University, New York, N.Y.

2013:            Adjunct Professor in Health Sciences, State University of New York at Old  Westbury.         

2004-pres.:   Visiting Lecturer in Women’s Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

1966-1967:   Peace Corps Teacher, College of Social Work, Tehran, Iran

Books

Brachytherapy for Cancer and Heart Disease:  The Best Kept Secret in Modern Medicine.  Ghost written for Dattatreyudu Nori, M.D., Chair of Radiation Oncology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital.  New York:  The Nori Foundation, 2004.

Inspra (Eplerenone) Formulary. New York:  Pifzer, 2003.
The Clitoral Truth. New York:  Seven Stories Press, 2000; Kindle, 2011.
A Woman’s Book of Choices: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction, RU-486 (senior author, with Carol Downer, LLD).  New York:  Seven Stories Press, 1992.

“Urinary Bladder and Ureters,” and “Urinary Incontinence,” Courtroom Medicine, Chapters 12, 12A, Vol. 10.  New York, NY, Matthew Bender& Co., 1993.

Overcoming Bladder Disorders: Medical and Self-Help Advice on Incontinence, Cystitis, Interstitial Cystitis, Prostate Problems, and Bladder Cancer (senior author, with Christine Whitmore, M.D.).  New York:  HarperCollins, 1990.

The Complete Cervical Cap Guide. New York:  Harper & Row, 1987.

A New View of a Woman’s Body (editor). The Federation of Feminist Women’s Health
Centers.  New York:  Simon & Schuster, 1981; Los Angeles:   Feminist Health Press, 1991.

How to Stay Out of the Gynecologist’s Office (editor). The Federation of Feminist Women’s Health Centers.  Los Angeles:  Peace Press, 1981; Los Angeles:  Feminist Health Press, 1991.

Professional Articles and Reviews

“The Pleasure Revolution,” in Momentum in Sexuality, Feminism, and Relationships. Tess Danesi, ed.  E-book:  Barnes and Noble.  2012.

“Susie Bright,” in Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature, Gaetan Brulotte and John Phillips, eds. New York:  Routledge, 2006        

“The Cervical Cap,” “The Clitoris,” “Female Ejaculation,” and “The IUD,” contributions to Sexuality:  The Essential Glossary.  Jo Eadie, ed.  London:  Arnold, 2005

Review of Handbook of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive HealthJournal of Sex and Marital Therapy.  Vol. 30, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2004.

“The G spot:  Some Missing Pieces of the Puzzle.” Letter in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 187(2), August, 2002.

“A Collaborative Approach to Treating Interstitial Cystitis.”  Journal of (Supp.), May, 1997, Vicki Ratner, Debra Slade, Rebecca Chalker. Review of Examining Sexual Politics. Journal of Sex Research, 34(2), 1997.

“Etude comparative de l’anatomie clitoridienne,” Cahiers de Sexologie Clinique,
22:132, 1997.

“Updating the Model of Female Sexuality.” Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS Report), Vol. 22, No. 5, June/July 1994.

“The Cervical Cap,” in The Childbirth Encyclopedia, Barbara Katz-Rothman, ed., Oryx Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1993.

“The Redefinition of the Clitoris and Its Therapeutic Value for Women.”  Proceedings of the First International Conference on Orgasm, New Delhi, India, 1991.

Lectures and Workshops

“A Cultural History of Sexualities.” Brokaw-McDougal House, Tallahassee, July, 2012.

“The Pleasure Revolution.” Society for the Scientific Study Sexuality.  San Francisco,  April 2011.

“A Walking Tour Through the Genitals” and “The Case of the Missing Clitoris:  An Anatomical Detective Story.”  California State University at Pamona, 2011.

“The Pleasure Revolution.”  The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality,
October, 2010.

“A Walking Tour Through the Genitals.”  State University of New York at Old Westbury, March, 2010.

“The Sexual Body:  A Freshman Course in Sexuality.”  GEXcel (European Union) Conference on Sexuality Education, Linköping, Sweden, November, 2009.

“A Cultural History of Sexualities.  Podium Session,” World Congress of Sexual Health, Goteberg, Sweden, June 25, 2009.

“Genital Cosmetic Surgeries:  Unresearched Claims of Unregulated Body Modification and Sexual Medicine Industries Prey on Women’s Sexual Insecurities.”  Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, St. Petersburg, Florida, June 5, 2009.

“The Genitals Unveiled.”  State University of New York at Old Westbury, March, 2009.

“A Walking Tour Through the Genitals.”  Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, June, 2008.

“The Genitals Unveiled.”  State University of New York at Old Westbury, March, 2008.

“The Genitals Unveiled.”  Babeland, New York, NY, March, 2008.

“The Christian Fundamentalist Campaign Against Women’s Sexual Rights.”  Social Justice Seminar, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, April, 2007.

“The Genitals Unveiled.”  State University of New York at Old Westbury, April, 2007.

“The Genitals Unveiled.”  Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco, CA, July, 2007.

“A Cultural History of Sexualities.”  Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco, CA, July, 2007.

“The Genitals Unveiled.”  Women’s Health Specialists Staff Seminar, July, 2007.

“The Christian Fundamentalist Campaign Against Women’s Sexual Rights.”  The Oxford Roundtable, Trinity College, Oxford, UK, March, 2006.

“A Cultural History of Sexualities.”  The Museum of Sex, New York, NY:  Four part series on the cultural history of  sexuality, February, 2004.

“Beauvoir on Sex:  Prescient or Passe?”  The Beauvoir Society Symposium, The Sorbonne, Paris, France, June, 2003.
“Sexual Revolutions from the Ice Age to the New Millennium.”  World Congress of Sexology, Havana, Cuba, March, 2003.

“Beauvoir on Sex:  Prescient or Passe?”  Beauvoir Society Symposium, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, July, 2000.

“How the Clitoris Got Lost.”  World Congress of Sexology, Hong Kong, China, August, 1999.

“Feminists Redefine Male-Centered Sexuality.”  World Congress of Sexology, Hong Kong, China, August, 1999.

“The History of Donor Insemination From an Activist Perspective.”  Graduate Seminar in New Reproductive Technologies, The New School University, New York, NY, October, 1998.

“The History of Donor Insemination From an Activist Perspective.”  Seminar in New Reproductive Technologies,  New York University, New York, NY, October, 1998.

“The Androcentric Model of Sexuality.”  Two-part lecture series, Pace University,
      March, 1998.
“The Right Wing Attack on Sexuality: Historical Precedents.”  Facilitator and presenter, American Public Health Association, New York, New York, November, 1996.

“Menstrual Extraction.”  10th Annual Reproductive Rights Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, March, 1996.

“A Comparative Study of the Clitoral Anatomy.”  World Congress of Sexology,
Yokohama, Japan, August, 1995.

“The Cervical Cap.”  World Congress of Sexology.  Yokohama, Japan, August, 1995.

“Reclaiming Women’s Sexuality.”  Fourth United Nations Conference on Women, Beijing, China, September, 1995.

“Techniques for Safe Abortion.”  Fourth United Nations Conference on Women, Beijing, China, September, 1995.

“The Cervical Cap: Little Known Barrier Contraceptive.”  Fourth United Nations Conference on Women, Beijing, China, September, 1995.

Featured Speaker, Earlham College Pro-choice Week.  Richmond, Indiana, January, 1995.

“Feminists Rewrite the Male Model of Human Sexuality.”  Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Regional Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June, 1995.

“The Redefinition of the Clitoris.”  American Public Health Association, San Diego, October, 1995.

“The Redefinition of the Clitoris.”  American Public Health Association, San Francisco, October, 1994.

“The Redefinition of the Clitoris.”  American Public Health Association, Washington October, D.C. 1993.

“The Redefinition of the Clitoris.”  American Public Health Association, Atlanta, October, 1992.

“The Redefinition of the Clitoris and Its Therapeutic Value for Women.” First International Conference on Orgasm, New Delhi, January, 1991.

“Factors Preventing RU-486 From Being Distributed.”  American Public Health Association, New York, NY, October, 1991.

“Survey of 125 Interstitial Cystitis Patients: Experience with Medical and Complementary Treatments, Quality of Life and Sexuality.”  Sixth National Meeting, Interstitial Cystitis Association, New Orleans, May, 1990.

“Use and Provision of the Cervical Cap in the United States.” Cervical Cap Symposium, Royal College of Medicine, London, England, June, 1988.

“The Women’s Health Movement’s Participation in the Revival of the Cervical Cap in the United States.”  United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Panel Considering Approval of the Cervical Cap, Washington, D.C., March, 1988.

“The Revival of the Cervical Cap in the United States.”  Featured Speaker, Special Symposium on the Cervical Cap.  World Congress of Sexology Heidelberg, Germany, June. 1987.

Magazine Articles

“By Fantasy Alone?”  Letter in response to “The Woman Who Could Think Herself
Off.” Playboy, February, 2010, p. 15-16.

“Strategies for Staying Sexual After Menopause,” The Women’s Health Activist, newsletter of the National Women’s Health Network, March/April, 2009.

“Know Thy Clitoris,” On the Issues, Spring, 2009.

“Researching the Stone,” On Our Backs, August, 2005.

“Rx Homeopathy: Beyond the Cranberry Cure,” Delicious! July, 1998.

“Changing the Change (Menopause Options).”  The Village Voice, June 16, 1998.

“Female Ejaculation:  Fact or Fiction?” and “Clitoral Anatomy,” New York City Lesbian Health Fair Journal, May 4, 1996.

“Anatomy of the Clitoris,” New York City Lesbian Health Fair Journal, April 29, 1995.

“Unscripted Pleasure,” cover story.  Ms., Nov.-Dec. 1995.

“Redefining the Clitoris,” NYC Lesbian Health Fair Journal, April 16, 1994.

“A New (Old) Contraceptive Choice.”  Ms., Nov.-Dec. 1993.

“RU-486:  Yes.”  Ms., March/April, 1993.

“RU-486,” The Village Voice, July 16, 1993.

“The Whats, Hows, and Whys of Menstrual Extraction,” On the Issues, Spring, 1993.

“Incontinence,” Ms., March/April, 1990.

Internet Articles

“Why Is It Creepy To Think About Parents Having Sex?” http://dodsonandross.com/blogs/rebecca-chalker/2012/03/why-it-creepy-think-about-parents-having-sex.  March 20, 2012.

“The Talking Vagina Brought to You by Summer's Eve.” http://dodsonandross.com/blogs/rebecca-chalker/2011/08/talking-vagina-brought-you-summers-eve

“Dell Williams Honored at Swedish Sexuality Education Conference.” Eve’s Garden, http://www.evesgarden.com, January, 2010.

“Strategies for Staying Sexual After Menopause,” American Sexuality Magazine, The National Sexuality Resource Center. http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/american_sexuality, May 2009.

“Strategies for Staying Sexual After Menopause,” RH Reality Check, http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/08/07/strategies-staying-sexual-after-menopause
“Grand Opening of the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health Censored by Anonymous Caller.”  National Sexuality Resource Center, September 22, 2009. http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/dialogues/users/Rebecca.Chalker/blog/grand-opening-of-center-sexual-pleasure-health-censored-pawtucket-ri-mayor-response-to-anonymous-email

“The ‘Perfect’ Porn Vulva:  More Women Demanding Cosmetic Genital Surgery,” Alternet. http://www.alternet.org/sex/141479/the_%5C%27perfect%5C%27_porn-vulva_more_women_demanding_cosmetic_genital_surgery/  August 11, 2009.