Dr. Julia Heiman served as the Kinsey Institute’s sixth director from 2004-2013. Her tenure saw significant growth in research and the collections.Dr. Heiman expanded the research component of the Institute, looking at sexual satisfaction & relationship happiness in midlife couples, sexual violence, condom use errors and effective condom fit, stress responses in women with postpartum depression, arousal response in bisexual men, infidelity in heterosexual couples, and the effects of hormonal contraceptives on women’s sexual experience.
In addition to the records of the Kinsey Institute and archives of notable sex researchers and organizations, the Kinsey Institute Special Collections preserve the archives of former Kinsey Institute directors. These document both the day-to-day records of their time as director as well as additional personal materials related to their careers and interests outside of the Institute. In 2022, we received a gift of new cultural artifacts from former director Dr. June Reinisch.
The Kinsey Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Cynthia Graham has accepted an appointment at Indiana University as a Senior Scientist at the Kinsey Institute and Professor in the Department of Gender Studies, effective January 1, 2023. 