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N Halkitis Perry N Halkitis, Ph.D., M.S. is Associate Dean for Research & Doctoral Studies, Professor of Applied Psychology, and Director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior & Prevention Studies at the Steinhardt School, of Culture, education, and Human Development at New York University. He is internationally recognized for his work examining the intersection between the HIV, drug abuse, and mental health, and is well known as one of the nation’s leading experts on methamphetamine addiction and HIV behavioral research. In the past two years he edited an article, HIV + Sex: The Psychological and Interpersonal Dynamics of HIV-seropositive Gay and Bisexual Men's Relationships (American Psychological Association, 2005), and a book, Barebacking: Psychosocial and Public Health Perspectives (2006, Haworth Press). Author of over 75 peer-reviewed academic manuscripts, Dr. Halkitis’ research examines how sexual and drug-related risk taking are influenced by interpersonal, contextual, developmental, and cultural factors in the United Sates. His research has been funded by the National institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York State AIDS Institute, United Way, the New York Community Trust, and American Psychological Foundation. In addition, Dr. Halkitis is a well-respected applied statistician and psychometrician. Dr. Halkitis is recipient of numerous awards from both professional and community-based organizations, and was elected a fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine in 2005. |
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Valenzuela In 1997 Valenzuela became a central figure in the debates around barebacking after a controversial talk he gave at a national LGBT conference where he affirmed the value of sex without condoms under some circumstances. A February 1999 POZ Magazine cover story on barebacking featured him riding a horse in the nude and dubbed him in some circles, "the poster boy for bareback sex," while helping to instigate an international conversation on the myriad reasons behind sex without condoms for gay men. He subsequently wrote and performed an acclaimed solo show in Los Angeles called "The Bad Boy Next Door," a second generation AIDS narrative chronicling his life as an activists who becomes HIV positive in the age of safer sex. In 2004 he received his MFA in Creating Writing from the California Institute of the Arts and has most recently been published in the LA Weekly, Frontiers, ZYZZYVA and "Inside Him," an anthology of literary gay male erotica. Valenzuela is currently writing a book on sexual risk. He lives in Los Angeles with his boyfriend Rob Ferrante and their dog, Boo. |