Andrea Parrot Author & Editor

Andrea Parrot is a Professor of Human Ecology at Cornell University and a board certified Sex Educator. She has received more than $1.5 million in funding for 15 studies focused on sexuality (including sexual violence/assault and sex education) since 1990. Parrot has authored, co-authored, or edited five books. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and a current member/past officer of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex. She has been interviewed widely for radio, television, and newspapers, including two appearances on Oprah as well as Larry King Live, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The Learning Channel and on NPR with Diane Rehm.

Nina Cummings is a PhD candidate at Cornell and an Adjunct Faculty member at Ithaca College. She is also a University Victim Advocate and a Cornell Advocate for Rape Education, as well as a Certified Health Educator. She coauthored with Parrot the book Forsaken Females: The Brutalization of Women. Cummings and Parrot also coauthored articles that have been published in the Journal of American College Health, Vital Signs, and RESPONSE: Journal of the Center for Women's Policy Studies. In 2001, Cummings won the Cornell University Presidential Advisory Committee on the Status of Women Award.