Leonore Tiefer

Leonore Tiefer
Citizenship	USA
Alma mater	University of California
Scientific career
Fields	Sexology
Institutions	New York University School of Medicine

Leonore Tiefer, PhD, is an American psychologist. At present she is working as associate professor of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.

Education and career

She received her Ph.D. degree at the University of California in 1969. Later on she respecialized in clinical psychology.

Membership in Scientific Societies

• International Academy of Sex Research, President (1993)
• National Coalition against Censorship, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors

Awards

She has been the recipient of numerous awards including Alfred Kinsey Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (1994).

Selected publications

Dr. Tiefers has published over 150 scientific works including several books.

Books

• Sex is Not a Natural Act and Other Essays (2 ed.). Westview Press. 2004. p. 304. ISBN 9780813341859.

Articles

• Leonore Tiefer: Historical, scientific, clinical and feminist criticisms of „The human sexual response cycle” model. In: Annu Rev Sex Res 2 (1991): 1–23.

External links

• Leonore Tiefer’s page
• Female Sexual Dysfunction, Marketing, and Disease-Mongering, a lecture by Dr. Leonore Tiefer
• The New View Campaign, the website of Leonore Tiefer’s educational anti-medicalization organization