Sari van Anders

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies Facuty member, Program in Neuroscience Ph.D., Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Contact Information:

3028 East Hall
530 Church Ann Arbor, Mi 48109-1043

734.647.6981
Email: smva@umich.edu

Website:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~smva/

Scholarly Interests: Social neuroendocrinology, gender/sex, sexuality, evolution, feminist science practice.

Biography: Sari van Anders’ research program focuses principally on human social neuroendocrinology in diverse populations with attention to gender/sex. In addition to bidirectional associations (e.g. links between testosterone and sexuality), Dr. van Anders focuses largely on the ‘reverse relationship’, i.e. how androgens and other hormones are influenced by social behavioral contexts related to sexuality, partnering, and nurturance. Dr. van Anders is developing feminist science and inclusive research practices to conduct this research and to address the problematics of human biological research. She has received a Young Investigator Award from the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, and a For Women in Science Award from UNESCO-NSERC-L’Oreal. Dr. van Anders also studies quantitative questions related to academia and gender, race/ethnicity, and class, and is interested in broader research addressing human sexuality, conceptualizations of gender/sex, and interpretations and implications of this research.

***Dr. van Anders is currently recruiting graduate students for Fall 2010***

Publications:

van Anders, S. M., Brotto, L., Farrell*, J., & Yule*, M. (2009). Associations between physiological and subjective sexual response, sexual desire, and salivary steroid hormones in healthy premenopausal women.  Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 739-751. 

van Anders, S. M. & Gray, P. B. (2007).  Hormones and human partnering.  Annual Review of Sex Research, 18, 60-93. Invited contribution

van Anders, S. M., Hamilton, L. D., & Watson, N. V. (2007). Multiple partners are associated with higher testosterone in North American men and women. Hormones and Behavior, 51, 454-459. 

van Anders S. M., Hamilton, L. D., Schmidt, N., & Watson, N. V. (2007). Associations between testosterone secretion and sexual activity in women. Hormones and Behavior, 51, 477-482. 

van Anders, S. M. & Watson, N. V. (2006). Social neuroendocrinology: Effects of social contexts and behaviors on sex steroids in humans. Human Nature, 17(2), 212-237. 

van Anders, S. M. (2004). Why the academic pipeline leaks: Fewer men than women perceive barriers to becoming professors. Sex Roles, 51(9/10), 511-521.