Cindy M. Meston

Dr. Meston is a past President of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and an active member of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR) and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS). Her book, Why Women Have Sex, which was published in 2009 with co-author David Buss, has been translated into nine foreign languages. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and given over 200 presentations both nationally and internationally on sexuality topics that span the areas of nervous system regulation of women’s sexual arousal, drug effects on sexual response, the development of sexual self-views, body image influences on sexual functioning, monogamy, treatments for women with a history of childhood sexual abuse, and ethnic and religious influences on sexual behavior. Her research has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, Newsweek, and numerous women’s and health magazines. Cindy M. Meston received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of British Columbia, a postdoctoral fellowship in Sexual and Reproductive Medicine at the University of Washington, School of Medicine, and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Social Science Research Council, Ford Foundation.