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William R. Stayton
After graduating from seminary, Bill went on to get his doctorate in theology in the field of psychology from Boston University. Bill is an ordained American Baptist clergyperson. He has a Ph.D. from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS). Bill served as Associate Minister of the First Baptist Church in Newton (Massachusetts) and then as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Gloucester, Mass. He served as Minister in Residence at the New England Baptist Hospital and an adjunct professor in pastoral care at Andover Newton Theological School. For 30 years, Bill was on the faculty of the Human Sexuality Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Eight years ago he, along with the other faculty members, moved the program to Widener University in Chester, PA. He was Professor and Director of the Program until July 2006, when he retired from that position and was designated as Scholar in Residence. While at Widener, Bill received both the Dean’s Award for his service to the University and the School of Human Service Professions Award for his service to the field of human sexuality and his leadership and inspiration to the Center for Education. In November 2006, Bill became the Executive Director of the Center for Sexuality and Religion.In 2000, Philadelphia magazine chose him as one of a “100 Best Docs for Women.” Bill has appeared in several documentaries and on numerous radio and television programs throughout the world. He has over 65 publications. Bill serves on the Commission on the Ministry for the Philadelphia Baptist Association (PBA). The PBA commissioned Bill at "Minister to the field of Human Sexuality" in 1988.
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Yolanda Turner
Yolanda Turner is a full-time assistant professor in Psychology at Eastern University, a co-educational, comprehensive Christian university located outside of Philadelphia, Pa., where she teaches undergraduate courses in techniques of counseling, abnormal psychology, calling and vocation, and child development. At Eastern, she is advisor to a number of undergraduate freshmen as well as all undeclared upperclassmen.
Yolanda also holds a position as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Widener University’s Graduate Center for Human Sexuality Education where she teaches two doctoral courses offered exclusively at Widener: “Sexuality and the Internet” and “Clinical Issues in the Transgender Community”. In addition, Yolanda is a therapist and partner at Central Counseling Associates, seeing individuals, couples and families in private practice. During the late 1990’s Yolanda worked as a Consultant for Growth Management Strategies in Malvern, Pa., where she provided coaching and mentoring training for key employees in various fortune 500 companies, as well as start-up, and turnkey businesses.
At present, Yolanda serves on the Board of Directors for MYA, (The Main Line Youth Alliance), and is a member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), and The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS). This year, she received an Award from SSSS and the Kinsey Institute for her work as an emerging professional in the field of sexuality.
Yolanda received her Batchelor of Arts degree in Religion from Bates College, and her Masters in Therapy from Hahnemann Medical University, where she specialized in Movement Psychotherapy. At present, she is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in Human Sexuality Education at Widener University’s Graduate Center for Education. Her dissertation research explores the characteristics of individuals involved in computer mediated intimate relationships. In addition to other publications, she was most recently a contributor to the new book, Sex and Diabetes: For Him And For Her – a look at diabetes-related sexual complications (ADA 2007), by Roszler and Rice.
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Pam Wilson
Pam Wilson, MSW is an independent program consultant and trainer. During the first half of her career, Pam developed and led sexuality education programs with youth of all ages and with parents. For 12 years through 1990, she taught a human sexuality course to graduate social work students at Catholic University of America, her alma mater.
As a consultant, Pam has assisted many organizations around the country in the development of sexuality education programs for schools, youth organizations, and faith-based organizations.
She wrote Our Whole Lives: Sexuality Education for Grades 7-9, a joint venture with the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the United Church of Christ (UCC) Board for Homeland Ministries. With Rev. Penny Willis, she revised “Keeping it Real!”, a curriculum sponsored by the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice to facilitate dialogue between youth, their peers, parents, and other adults in Black and Latino churches throughout the U.S. and parts of Africa.
Pam has served as faculty for several week-long sexuality conferences including the Thornfield Annual Workshop on Human Sexuality and the AASECT Summer Institute. She is also featured in the sexuality education videos Raising Healthy Kids: Families Talk About Sexual Health.
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Daniel Pascoe Aguilar
Daniel Pascoe Aguilar is Associate Director of Employer Relations of the Career Center and Director of Career Services of the Alumni Association at the University of North Texas. He arrived to UNT from Indiana University, where he functioned as Senior Associate Director & Chair of Career Courses of the IU Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services. At IU, Daniel also completed his second master’s degree and remains a Ph.D. Candidate in its Instructional Systems Technology program. Prior to his tenure at IU,
Daniel worked for five years as Program Director of Connecting Point, a crisis center in San Francisco, CA, where he managed a team of counselors and oversaw crisis intervention and emergency referrals to a wide diversity of populations in the SF County.
During the 80s and 90s, Daniel worked as Youth, Pastoral, and Senior Minister in Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches and organizations in México and the US, where he counseled, taught, and ministered among a variety of individuals, families, and communities.
Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, a Master of Divinity from the Palmer Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a Master of Science in Education from Indiana University, in Bloomington. He is currently writing his dissertation for a Ph.D. degree about the effects of personality type on the consensus-building performance of leadership teams. His program includes a concentration in Management and Organizational Behavior, and a minor in Counseling.
Daniel has participated in programs of the Center for Sexuality and Religion in Wayne, PA, The Institute for Advanced Studies in Human Sexuality in San Francisco, CA, and the Kinsey Institute in Bloomington, IN. He is a qualified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, the Strong Interest Inventory®, and the Thomas and Kilmann Conflict Mode Indicator®. He is also certified by The Career Planning and Adult Development Network as a Job and Career Transitions Coach, and by the Instituto Anglo-Mexicano de Cultura as a Teacher of English as a Second Language. Daniel has recently published book chapters and an independent study course on the topics of Career Interests, Personality Preferences, Career Development, and Systems Theory.
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Sari Pascoe
Sari Pascoe has lived in this country for almost two decades while all of her family of origin resides in México. She loves to travel to different countries and cities around the world and enjoys learning from different cultures, languages, and their history in the world. As a systems and instructional designer, one of her passions is designing safe environments to assist people in exploring and learning about sexuality.
Sari’s first major was in Early Childhood Education from México. In the US, she completed a BA in Business with a major in Organizational Management from Eastern University in Pennsylvania. During these years she also worked closely with Dr. William Stayton; her thesis was titled: The need for sexuality education in religious organizations.
In California, she became a public school K-12 teacher and administrator and completed a Multiple Subject Teacher Credential with Spanish BCLAD (Bilingual Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development) emphasis. She also graduated from San Francisco State University with a second degree, a MA in Education with a major in Instructional Technologies.
For the past six years she lived in Bloomington, IN., where she completed a Ph.D. program in Education with a major in Instructional Systems Technology; last spring she defended her dissertation on systemic transformation of educational systems. During this time she also developed professionally in teaching and administrative positions within academia.
Currently, Sari Pascoe serves as Associate Director for the TxCDK (Texas Center for Digital Knowledge) of SLIS (School of Libraries and Information Sciences) in UNT (University of North Texas). In this position, she assists academic administrators, faculty, and community members to successfully develop and manage research agendas.
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