 Gilbert Herdt, Ph.D., a cultural anthropologist, is Professor of Human Sexuality Studies and Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University, the only department of its kind in the world dedicated to teaching undergraduate and graduate students in the field of sexuality. Professor Herdt is also Director of the National Sexuality Resource Center, a Ford Foundation funded project. Dr. Herdt has written about sexual cultures, sexual literacy, and sexual and gender identity development cross-culturally and in the United States. In the U.S. Dr. Herdt has studied adolescents and their families, the emergence of HIV and gay culture, and the role that social policy plays in people’s sexual health. A Fulbright, NIMH, and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, Herdt has taught at Stanford University, the University of Chicago, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Washington. His publications include nearly 30 single and edited books, and more than 100 scientific papers.
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