1.
Please briefly describe your current research.
My primary areas of research are
sexual violence and HIV/AIDS. I’ve just received a small grant to study sexual
violence in a population of adult workers using the Amazon site: Mechanical
Turk. With the grant we should be able
to generate a sample of over 3,000 adult men and women who are ‘employees’ of
Amazon.
2
How did you come to be in this area of study?
Long story! Short version: I studied to become a Jesuit
Priest. After leaving the seminary my friends would come to me with their
problems (typically sex, drugs, or family issues) and the only area the
interested me was the sex part. I received a PhD from the Human Sexuality
Program at New York University with a dissertation focused on women’s sexual
aggression. I’ve been studying in this
area ever since.
3.
What do like best about doing research?
Discovery! Not know what I will find and being surprised
by the outcome.
4.
What do you dislike the most about doing research?
Statistical analysis – tedious!
5.
Any advice for new researchers who would like to be published?
Read published work. Find a journal that has demonstrated interest
in your topic (typically one you cited regularly in you review of literature)
and read multiple articles from several issues. When you are comfortable with
the contents of the journal you can hone your work to mirror the quality of the
journal and improve your chances of publishing. Beyond that, never take
rejection personally or as a setback as it is an opportunity to improve your
work and get it published in some other journal.
Next time, some words on following directions.
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