Indiana University ( IU ) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana .
47-512: The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (often shortened to The Kinsey Institute ) is a research institute at Indiana University . Established in Bloomington, Indiana , in 1947 as a nonprofit, the institute merged with Indiana University in 2016, "abolishing the 1947 independent incorporation absolutely and completely." The institute's mission is "To foster and promote
94-455: A Palestinian-American artist. Both of these events occurred after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel and in the wake of national attention on alleged antisemitism on college and university campuses. They also occurred in the midst of changes to Indiana laws that some perceived as attacking academic freedom . In the spring of 2024, the university's faculty voted no confidence in
141-531: A conference in Fort Worth, Texas in December 2015. The Fort Worth Police Department declined to press charges. In May 2016, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights initiated another Title IX investigation into Indiana University for failing to hold a university student accountable for an off-campus rape of another student and failing to follow proper Title IX procedures subsequent to
188-542: A greater understanding of human sexuality and relationships through research, outreach, education, and historical preservation." Research, graduate training, information services, and the collection and preservation of library, art, and archival materials are main activities carried out by The Kinsey Institute. The institute and Alfred Kinsey himself have been the subject of much controversy. As of July 1, 2019, evolutionary biologist and sex researcher Justin Garcia holds
235-599: A modified version of the Dewey Decimal System . The Kinsey Institute's art gallery is accessible to the public and hosts a variety of exhibitions each year. Some titles of past exhibitions have included Nature & Nurture: Exploring Human Reproduction from Pregnancy through Early Childhood, Private Eyes: Amateur Art from The Kinsey Institute Collections, Eros in Asia: Erotic Art from Iran to Japan, and Sex and Presidential Politics. Exhibits featuring
282-431: A pioneer in examining mechanisms underlying love, bonding and other emotions, was named director in October 2014. Carter said her directorship will emphasize love, sexuality and well-being. "I want to take Kinsey into directions that are unequivocally important" including sexual trauma, the transgender movement, and medical interventions that can affect a person's sexuality and relationships. Reflecting this broadened scope,
329-540: A weekly sex advice column for Time Out Chicago and, for more than a decade (starting in 2003), wrote sex columns and blogs for Men's Health magazine. Also, Herbenick appeared as an expert in relationships and human sexuality on the Tamron Hall Show , Tiffany Cross ' The Cross Connection , The Today Show , Katie Couric 's television show Katie , on various PBS specials, on The Tyra Banks Show and on The Doctors , and on one occasion taught about
376-716: Is also an AASECT-certified sexuality educator. She is a recipient of the IU SPH 2021 Outstanding Senior Researcher Award, Indiana University's 2018 Outstanding Faculty Collaborative Research Award, and the 2020 AASECT Professional Standard of Excellence Award. Herbenick was honored in 2018 as a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and in 2021 as one of the University of Minnesota's 50 Distinguished Sexual and Gender Revolutionaries. Additionally, she
423-895: Is co-producer on the Emmy-nominated documentary Hot Girls Wanted . Herbenick has published more than 210 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and is one of the leading experts on the study of sexual behavior in the United States. She has been described in the New York Times as "one of the foremost researchers on American sexual behavior" and on CNN as "one of the country's most credible sources of accurate scientific information when it comes to sexuality." Dr. Herbenick has published research related to population-level trends in sexual behavior, sexual consent, vulvar health, genital self-image, women's and men's sexual behavior, - exercise-induced orgasm (also known as
470-857: The Horizon League since 2017; they were the IUPUI Jaguars before that school's dissolution. Additionally, all but one of IU's regional campuses sponsors athletics within the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . The IU Northwest RedHawks and IU South Bend Titans compete as members of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference , while the IU East Red Wolves , IU Kokomo Cougars , IU Southeast Grenadiers , and IU Columbus Crimson Pride compete as members of
517-548: The River States Conference . Indiana University has three medals to recognize individuals. Indiana University has several ways to recognize the accomplishments of faculty. Debby Herbenick Debby Herbenick ( / h ɜːr ˈ b ɛ n ɪ k / her- BEN -ik ) is an American author , research scientist , sex educator , sex advice columnist , children's book author, blogger , television personality, professor , and human sexuality expert in
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#1732787929583564-591: The University of Michigan , and others. In April 2024, IU students and faculty joined other campuses across the USA in protesting against the Israel-Gaza war and the accused genocide of Palestinians . IU president Pamela Whitten made allegations of 'antisemitic episodes'. National Guard and police in riot gear broke up the student encampment and multiple arrests were made. The following academic year, after
611-524: The coregasm ), condoms, lubricants, and sexual enhancement products. Herbenick has spoken on these and other sexuality and relationship topics at a number of colleges, universities, and national and international conferences. She regularly teaches research and human sexuality classes at Indiana University. Herbenick leads the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior , an award-winning U.S. nationally representative probability study of sex in
658-602: The IU men's basketball team lost the NCAA Basketball championship game to the University of Maryland Terrapins. Rioters caused extensive damage to university buildings and city businesses, and at least 45 people were arrested during the riot. In March 2014, the U.S. Department of Education 's Office for Civil Rights initiated a federal investigation of Indiana University's Title IX compliance, encompassing more than 450 sexual harassment and violence complaints filed with
705-548: The Indiana University system president, the Bloomington campus's provost and executive vice president, and the Bloomington campus's vice provost for faculty and academic affairs. In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights again initiated a federal investigation of the university in response to a complaint of the violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The complaint
752-475: The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), the value of the endowment of the Indiana University and affiliated foundations in 2016 is over $ 1.986 billion. The annual budget across all campuses totals over $ 3 Billion. The Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (IURTC) is a not-for-profit agency that assists IU faculty and researchers in realizing
799-592: The O'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and the School of Education each have degree programs at the IU Bloomington and IU Indianapolis campuses. The School of Nursing has degree programs at the IU Bloomington, IU Indianapolis, and IU Fort Wayne campuses. The Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health has degree programs at the IU Indianapolis and IU Fort Wayne campuses. According to
846-592: The United States, with multiple waves conducted from 2009 to the present day. She is the Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion in the School of Public Health-Bloomington at Indiana University in Bloomington . Herbenick has authored or co-authored several books. These include Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction , The I Love You More Book (a book about love for children and grown ups), Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to
893-581: The Vagina and Vulva , Great in Bed , Sex Made Easy: Your Awkward Questions Answered for Better, Smarter, Safer Sex , and The Coregasm Workout . Her most recent book is Yes Your Kid: What Parents Need to Know About Today's Teens and Sex . Herbenick frequently addresses sexuality research in the media for publications such as The New York Times , The Atlantic , The Washington Post , among other magazines and newspapers. From 2005 through 2012, Herbenick wrote
940-635: The administration brought in new policies to stop protests and limit "expressive activities", students and faculty held vigils for free speech and the Palestinian cause. Both of the core campuses of the IU systems sponsor NCAA Division I athletic programs. The Indiana Hoosiers represent the flagship institution in Bloomington, and are founding members of the Big Ten Conference , where they compete in 24 different sports. The IU Indy Jaguars field 18 different sports, and have competed in
987-502: The administration of IU Indianapolis. In addition to its core campuses, Indiana University maintains five regional campuses throughout Indiana : There are two regional campuses under the administration of IU Indianapolis: The School of Medicine and the School of Social Work each have degree programs running across multiple IU campuses. The Kelley School of Business, the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering,
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#17327879295831034-486: The commercial potential of their discoveries. Since 1997, university clients have been responsible for more than 1,800 inventions, nearly 500 patents, and 38 start-up companies. In fiscal year 2016, the IURTC was issued 53 U.S. patents and 112 global patents. In April 2002, thousands of IU students and staff, along with Bloomington residents, rioted across the university campus before merging into adjacent city blocks after
1081-561: The creation of a five-volume monographic series, The Kinsey Institute Series, beginning with the publication of Masculinity/Femininity resulting from institute-sponsored multidisciplinary seminars. Research focused on at-risk sexual behavior and the effects of prenatal exposure to medications on sexual and psychosexual development. Additionally, in 1990 the establishment of the institute's art gallery led to exhibitions featuring its art collection. From 1984 to 1993, with direction from Indiana University to play an active role in public education,
1128-511: The cultural whole of the student body. After learning of the accusations and resignations, U.S. Representative Jim Banks sent a letter to university president Pamela Whitten denouncing such conduct, identifying it as a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and threatened the continued federal funding for the university if the conduct was tolerated by the university administration. Accused student body president Aaliyah Raji responded by denouncing both Islamophobia and antisemitism and stating that
1175-706: The following year, the institute began regularly rotating exhibitions of artwork and archival materials in addition to offering public tours. In 2006, the institute began hosting an annual juried art show. In 2007, The Kinsey Institute also hosted the inaugural conference of The University Consortium for Sexuality Research and Training. Also, a question and answer column from the Kinsey Confidential runs in university newspapers including Indiana University's Indiana Daily Student . Ongoing research themes include such topics as condom usage, sex in long-term relationships, and hormones and reproduction. Sue Carter ,
1222-512: The institute changed its tagline from "advancing sexual health and knowledge worldwide" to "explore love, sexuality, and well-being" and introduced a new red logo, a circle inscribed with a hexagonal arrangement of circular arcs. The prior logo, a stylised K designed by Enock, Inc., had been phased out around 2010–11. For most of her life, Carter has studied prairie voles . Unlike most other mammals, these voles pair-bond . On July 1, 2019, evolutionary biologist and sex researcher Justin Garcia became
1269-535: The institute for one dollar . Over the years, neither state nor grant money have been used to build collections. Instead the institute uses funds obtained from book royalties and fees in addition to donations. A sampling of the broad range of items housed at the institute includes scientific and popular books, pulp magazines, publications from both sexual and anti-sexual organizations, data from Kinsey's original interview project, films, photos, erotic objects, and artwork by both professionals and amateurs. Items from all over
1316-467: The institute produced "The Kinsey Report", an internationally syndicated newspaper column. Although "The Kinsey Report" is no longer a syndicated column, the Kinsey Institute continues to maintain a sex and sexuality FAQ and statistics page on their website. Additionally, a trade book aimed at popular audiences, The Kinsey Institute New Report on Sex: What you must know to be Sexually Literate ,
1363-551: The institute's collection have also traveled around both the state of Indiana and country. Each year since 2006, The Kinsey Institute's annual juried art show features art work that explores themes of sexuality, gender, romance, reproduction, gender and sexual politics, the human figure, and the relation between illness and sexuality. Due to the large size of the show, it is hosted at Indiana University's SoFa gallery. Indiana University Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under
1410-565: The institute's youngest executive director at 34 years old, replacing director Sue Carter. In 2023, the Indiana House of Representatives passed legislation banning any state funds from going to the Kinsey Institute. The Kinsey Institute is considered to have one of the largest collections of library, archival, and art materials pertaining to sex, gender, and reproduction. The current collection began as Alfred Kinsey's private research collection. To ensure its protection, Kinsey sold it to
1457-494: The lack of institutional support for its Title IX Coordinator to oversee compliance by the university. In February 2016, the university's Associate Dean of Students, Director of Student Ethics, and Title IX Deputy Director, Jason Casares, abruptly resigned his position after sexual assault allegations were made against him by Association for Student Conduct Administration president-elect, and New York University Assistant Director of Global Community Standards, Jill Creighton, during
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1504-724: The media. Herbenick is a Provost Professor at the Indiana University School of Public Health (IUSPH) and lead investigator of the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB), which Time called "the most comprehensive survey of its kind in nearly two decades." Herbenick is the president of the International Academy of Sex Research and previously served as president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) from 2016 to 2018. She
1551-538: The nonprofit institute, originally named the Institute for Sex Research (ISR), was supported by both Indiana University president Herman B Wells and the Rockefeller Foundation , a major financial backer of Kinsey's research. The ISR was established to protect and preserve the confidentiality of Kinsey's data and research materials by creating a secure, permanent repository for them. Alfred Kinsey
1598-664: The psychology of sexual behavior, hormonal effects on sex, and sexuality and well-being. Bancroft and Erick Janssen developed the Dual-control model of sexual arousal, a theory of sexual arousal involving inhibitory and excitation processes. In 1999, the website Kinsey Confidential (originally called Kinsey Institute Sexuality Information Service for Students) was started to provide research-based information regarding sexuality to college-aged adults. It includes sex questions and answers provided by sex researcher and columnist Debby Herbenick in both column-format and podcast-format. During
1645-689: The reporting of the incident. The university also charged the victim a dorm-relocation fee after the suspected rapist continued to harass the victim around her dormitory, which also went without intervention by the university. The victim's case was also handled by former Title IX Director, Jason Casares prior to his resignation amidst sexual harassment and misconduct allegations as the university's student ethics director and Title IX deputy director. In November 2023, Indiana University Student Government treasurer Alex Kaswan and co-director of DEI Makiah Pickett resigned after accusing other student government leadership members of antisemitism and failure to represent
1692-562: The student government combats against those issues. Also in November 2023, the university attracted national attention when the university barred a faculty member from teaching after alleging that he improperly assisted the Palestine Solidarity Committee, a student group, in reserving a space on campus. Shortly thereafter, the university's administrators also cancelled a planned art exhibition by Samia Halaby ,
1739-436: The title of executive director of The Kinsey Institute, previously noted as the institute's research director. Garcia is the institute's eighth executive director and their youngest in history at 34 years old when appointed as executive director. The origins of the Kinsey Institute lie in the scientific research of Indiana University professor and entomologist turned sexuality researcher, Alfred Kinsey . The 1947 creation of
1786-424: The university between 2011 and 2015. The complaints involved both students and university staff or faculty. The investigation revealed concerns with timeliness of response, lack of documentation, not preventing retaliation, and the creation of sexually hostile environments at the campus. The investigation further criticized the lack of mandatory sexual harassment, misconduct, and awareness training for staff, as well as
1833-414: The university, the institute was completely renovated and expanded adding a new full floor for the library including temperature and humidity controlled stacks, a scholars' reading room, additional staff offices, and The John Money Visiting Scholars Study, an art gallery and new archives for the art and artifacts collections and additional research offices and laboratory space. Reinisch's directorship also saw
1880-543: The vulva by using a vulva puppet on Tyra. This clip resulted in millions of views on YouTube and also aired on The Soup and Best Week Ever . Herbenick, her colleague, and their research have also been profiled on an episode of the Discovery Channel's Curiosity . In 2013, Herbenick launched a successful Kickstarter project to create a poster and postcard series called "What do you like about your vagina and vulva?" Additionally, from 2001 to 2018 she wrote
1927-504: The world are represented in the collection and some objects even date back to the pre-Columbian era . However, materials do not circulate and must be studied within the reading room which is open to scholars, professionals, university faculty, and students over eighteen who are researching topics pertaining to sexuality, gender, and reproduction. Due to the highly specialized nature of the collection, holdings are described using subject headings created by The Kinsey Institute and organized using
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1974-515: Was biased and not well defined, Gebhard and Johnson wrote The Kinsey Data: Marginal Tabulations of the 1938-1963 Interviews . To honor its founder, the Institute for Sex Research was renamed The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1981. When June Machover Reinisch became the new director, the name of the institute changed to The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, in order to better reflect its expanded mission. During her first years as director, as part of her contract with
2021-547: Was director of the institute from 1947 until his death in 1956. Since then, the institute has had six directors: Paul Gebhard PhD (1956–1982), June Reinisch PhD (1982–1993), Stephanie Sanders PhD (interim director, 1993–1995), John Bancroft MD (1994–2004), Julia Heiman PhD (2004–2014), C. Sue Carter PhD (2014–2019), and Justin Garcia PhD (2019–present). Shortly after the ISR's establishment, Kinsey's interview based research
2068-412: Was filed by Dr. Zachary Marschall and alleged lack of response and complacency by the university administration to an increasing number of anti-Semitic incidents at the campus. The complaint also led to additional federal investigations at the University of Wisconsin , Northwestern University , and the office is also conducting parallel investigations of Johns Hopkins University , Harvard University ,
2115-674: Was finally settled in the institute's favor in 1957. The ruling granted ISR permission to import erotic materials for "research purposes". Under Paul Gebhard's leadership, the interview based research project continued, resulting in the publication of Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion [ d ] and Sex Offenders: An Analysis of Types . Other significant publications included JoAnn Brook's Sexual Nomenclature: A Thesaurus and Alan Bell and Martin Weinberg's Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women . Additionally, in response to criticism that Kinsey's original data
2162-557: Was published in the 1948 bestselling book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male . Its companion Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was published five years later. These books were popularly known as the " Kinsey Reports ". Also, in 1950, research materials being shipped to the ISR were seized by U.S. Customs thereby resulting in the federal court case U.S. v. 31 Photographs . This case continued on after Kinsey's death, until it
2209-465: Was released in 1991. Following June Reinisch's retirement, Stephanie Sanders held the institute's research and curriculum programs together as the Board reorganized its internal structure amid drastic budget cuts from Indiana University. From 1995 to 2001, The Kinsey Institute operated a clinic for sexual health and menstrual problems under the directorship of John Bancroft. Research focus was placed upon
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