Human Sexuality

This fresh, fun approach to human sexuality reflects a master teacher's ability to discern the needs, thoughts, and behaviors of today's diverse students. Janell Carroll addresses questions and issues of concern to students in a way that reflects the best empirical science of psychology, and clearly conveys the foundational biological and health issues. The author addresses relevant communication and relationship issues, in their social and cultural contexts as well as on an individual level. The features created for this book are derived from the author's own teaching experiences with a wide range of students—making this book truly representative of the students you teach. SEXUALITY NOW: EMBRACING DIVERSITY is the book both students and professors have been waiting for. Students want it because it relates to them, it speaks their language, they see images of themselves in the book, and it answers their questions. Professors will appreciate its emphasis on current research and its relevance to their students' concerns, which helps keep them interested and engaged in the class.

Emphasizing the diversity of the human sexual experience, Carroll (University of Hartford) discusses social, biological, interpersonal, and subjective aspects of sexuality. The textbook includes chapters on the history of sexuality, gender, anatomy and physiology, communication, love and intimacy, sexual orientation, pregnancy and birth, birth control, disease, power and coercion, and sexual images. First-person vignettes add a qualitative element to the discussion, and the perspectives of men and women are compared throughout. A companion CD includes animation sequences, interviews, and practice tests. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Dr. Janell Carroll received her Ph.D. in human sexuality education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. She teaches in the psychology department at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, is an AASECT-certified sexuality educator, and has received numerous awards for her teaching and work in the field of human sexuality. In 2005 the University of Hartford recognized her with the Gordon Clark Ramsey Award for Creative Excellence, given to professors who demonstrate sustained excellence and creativity in the classroom. Carroll has also been recognized by Planned Parenthood as a Sexuality Educator of the Year. Prior to teaching at University of Hartford, Dr. Carroll was a tenured psychology professor at Baker University, where she was honored with awards for Professor of the Year and Most Outstanding Person on Campus. A dynamic educator, speaker, and author, Dr. Carroll has also hosted two of her own radio talk shows about on sexuality and appeared as an expert on numerous television talk shows and networks. She maintains her own sexuality website at http://www.drjanellcarroll.com.