LIN S. MYERS
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CSU Stanislaus
1528 Joett Drive
Cognitive Studies/Psychology
Turlock, CA 95380
801 W. Monte Vista Avenue
(209) 668-2979
Turlock, CA 95382
(209) 667-3722
EDUCATION
1985 Ph.D.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD Area: Medical Psychology
Title: Physiological and Subjective Sexual Arousal of
Pre-and Postmenopausal Women Taking Replacement
Hormone Therapy
1980 B.S.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Major: Psychology
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
August 1993 to
Professor, Department of Psychology, CSUS
present
Coordinator, Cognitive Studies, CSUS
Topics: Neuroendocrinology, cogintion, and sexual
behavior across the adult life span. Body Image
relevance to sexuality, Parent/child communication
about sexuality.
August 1991
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, CSUS
August 1993
Coordinator, Cognitive Studies, CSUS
August 1989
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Psychology, CSUS
August 1991
Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy & Cognitive Studies, CSUS
August 1987-
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University
of California, San Francisco
August 1989
Topics: Neuroendocrinology with special emphasis on
reproductive hormones.
Feb 1985-
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, Stanford
July 1987
University. Director, Human Sexuality Laboratory
Topics: Human sexuality, endocrinology and aging,
psychophysiological measurement.
1980-1985 Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, U.S.U.H.S.
1977-1980
Research Assistant, Department of Medicine
Digestive Diseases Division, Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences
Topics: Physiological research on gastrointestinal
functioning and disease in humans and monkeys.
GRANTS
Sexual
1993-1994 Applying Fractal Dimension Analysis to Male Activities
Psychophysiology. Research, Scholarship and Creative
Grant, CSU, Stanislaus.
1992-1993 Body Image and the Fractal Dimension.
Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Grant, CSU,
Stanislaus.
1991-1992 Meta-analysis of sexual psychophysiology from
postmenopausal women. Affirmative Action Grant, CSU,
Stanislaus.
the
1990-1991 The role of the brain renin-angiotensin system in
the regulation of sexual behavior in the male and female rat.
Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Grant, CSU,
Stanislaus.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
International Academy of Sex Research
American Psychological Association
Western Psychological Association
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Physiological, endocrinological, and cognitive factors in
sexual arousal and behavior in adult humans.
Behavioral neuroscience, especially reproductive
hormones and behavior. Sexual psychophysiology.
Nonlinear systems and their applications to research.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
August 1995 Licensed Psychologist, CA Lic# 14437
August 1995 to May 1998
Consulting Psychologist, Creative Alternatives.
Counseling children and adolescents in group
home setting, psychological evaluations,
Consultant to Reyn Franca School.
July 1997 to present
Consulting Psychologist, Excell Center.
Psychological evaluations with adolescent
boys with legal problems and sex offenses.
Inservice education in areas such as
psychopharmacology, drug treatment, self
esteem, and sexuality.
July 1997 to present
Consulting Psychologist, Aspira Foster
Family Agency, Stanislaus Community
Counseling Center. Psychological evaluations
of children and adults. Inservice education in
sexuality.
June 1998 to present
Staff Psychologist, Stanislaus Community
Counseling Center, Turlock, CA. Children,
adolescents, and adults
PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS
Committee Responsibilities
1997-1998
University: Appointed: Presidential Commission
on the Status of Women, Ad Hoc Committee on Administrative Review
Other: Faculty Sponsor ñ Rainbow Alliance
Departmental: Graduate Committee, Library
Representative
1995-1996
University: Elected: Chair, Faculty Affairs
Committee
Appointed: Senate Executive Committee, Academic
Senate, Intellectual Property Rights Committee, Community Building Committee,
Student Research Competition
Other: Faculty Sponsor, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
Student Alliance
Departmental: Graduate Committee, Undergraduate
Committee, Budget Committee, Library Coordinator, Hiring Committee
1994-1995
University: Elected: Chair Elect, Faculty
Affairs Committee
Appointed: Vasche/Metzger Awards Committee
Other: Faculty Sponsor, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
Student Alliance
Departmental: Graduate Committee, Library
Coordinator, Hiring Committee
1993-1994
University: Elected: Chair, Committee on
Committees
Appointed: Vasche/Metzger Awards Committee
Other: Faculty Sponsor, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
Student Alliance
Departmental: Library Coordinator
1992-1993
University: Elected: Committee on Committees
Appointed: CFA Executive Committee, At Large Representative,/Probationary
Faculty, Affirmative Action Committee, Health Advisory Committee
Departmental: Graduate Committee, Undergraduate
Committee, Library Coordinator
1991-1992
University: Affirmative Action Committee,
Health Advisory Committee
Departmental: Graduate Committee
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1989- Present CSU, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Graduate:
Counseling Sexual Problems, Chemical Dependency Counseling,
Substance Abuse Counseling, Neuropsychology
Undergraduate:
Sexual Behavior; Psychology of Women; Physiological Psychology
and Laboratory; Psychopharmacology; Drugs and Behavior;
Science, Technology and Human Values (Honors); Health
Psychology; History of Psychology; Experimental Methods and
Design; Learning and Motivation; Psychology of Religion; Human
Development (Adolescence, and Adulthood and Aging); Introduction
to Psychology; Advanced General Psychology; Advanced
Physiological Psychology Laboratory; Early Cognitive
Development Introduction to Psychological Methods; Introduction
to Cognitive Studies; Philosophical Aspects of Cognitive Science;
Cognitive Science Seminar, Cognitive Simulations
1986-1987
Visiting Lecturer, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
Undergraduate:
Cognitive Psychology, Sensation and Perception,
Psychology as a Natural Science (Intro), Psychology of Aging,
Health Psychology
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PAPERS
Cramton, S. M. & Myers, L. S. (2000). Male Erotophobia-Erotophilia: Its Relationship to Personality, Daydreaming, and Attitudes Toward Masturbation, Journal of Psychology and Sexuality, submitted manuscript.
Myers, L. S. Watkins, S., & Carter, T. J. (1998). Hallucinogen flashbacks in theory and practice. Heffter Review of Psychedelic Research.
Rowland, D. L., Klein, K. B., Myers, L. S., Culver, A., & Davidson, J. M. (1998). Bupropion and sexual function: A placebo-controlled prospective study on diabetic men with erectile dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, (in press).
Myers, L. S. (1995). Methodological review and meta-analysis of sexuality and menopause research. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 19, 331-341.
Sarraille, J. J., & Myers, L. S. (1994). FD3: A program for measuring fractal dimension. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 54, 94-97.
Myers, L. S., Vankirk, G., Gentry, T. A., & Wakefield, J. A. (1994). Drug attitude factors: Comparisons of samples from 1985 and 1992. Journal of Drug Education, 24, 207-217.
Myers, L.S. & Steele, M.K. (1991). The brain renin-angiotensin system and prolactin secretion in the male rat. Endocrinology, 129, 1744-1748.
Myers, L.S., Dixen, J., Morrissette, D., Carmichael, M. & Davidson, J.M. (1990). Effects of estrogen, androgen, and progestin on sexual psychophysiology in postmenopausal women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 70, 1124-1131.
Steele, M.K. & Myers, L.S. (1990). In vivo studies on the paracrine actions of pituitary angiotensin II in stimulating prolactin release in rats. American Journal of Physiology,258 (Endocrinol. Metabl. 21), E619-E624.
Rowland, D.R., Myers, L.S., Greenleaf, W.J., Mas, M. & Davidson, J.M. (1989). Penile and finger sensory thresholds in aging and diabetic impotence. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 18, 1-12.
Myers, L.S. & Steele, M.K. (1989). Studies on the role of the brain renin-angiotensin system in the regulation of prolactin secretion in the rat. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 1, 299-303.
Morokoff, P.J., Myers, L.S., Hay, I. & Flora, M. (1988). Effectiveness of a procedure for disinfecting the vaginal photoplethysmograph contaminated with herpes simplex virus type 2. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 17, 363-369.
Myers, L.S. & Morokoff, P.J. (1986). Physiological and subjective sexual arousal in pre- and postmenopausal women and postmenopausal women taking replacement hormone therapy. Psychophysiology, 23, 283-292.
Shea-Donohue, P.T., Nompleggi, D., Myers, L.S. & Dubois, A. (1982). A prostaglandin endoperoxide analog increases gastric secretion in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 222, 379-382.
Shea-Donohue, P.T., Nompleggi, D., Myers, L.S., Castell, D.O. & Dubois, A. (1981). A comparison of the effects of prostacyclin and 15(s)-15 methyl analogs of PGE and PGF2 a on gastric parietal and non-parietal secretion. Digestive Diseases and Science, 27, 17-22.
Shea-Donohue, P.T., Myers, L.S., Castell, D.O. & Dubois, A. (1980). Effects of prostacyclin on gastric emptying and secretion in rhesus monkeys. Gastroenterology, 78, 1476-1479.
Shea-Donohue, P.T., Myers, L.S., Castell, D.O.
& Dubois, A. (1979). Effects of prostacyclin on gastric response to
a water load. Advances in Prostaglandin and Thromboxane Research,
8,
1157-1158.
CHAPTERS
Steele, M.K., Myers, L.S., Deschepper, C.F., Ganong, W.F., Stephenson, K.N. and Shackelford, R.L. Influence of ovarian hormones on the regulation of luteinizing hormone and prolactin release by angiotensin II. In: Brain-Gut Peptides and Reproductive Hormone Secretion (C. Johnson, ed.), Telford Press, 1991.
Steele, M.K. and Myers, L.S. Neuroendocrine actions of ovarian secretions. In: Cardiovascular and Neurological Functions and Ovarian Secretions, (F. Naftolin, ed.), Serrano Symposium, Raven Press, 1991.
Davidson, J.M. and Myers, L.S. Endocrine factors in sexual psychophysiology. In R. Rosen and G. Beck, Patterns of Sexual Arousal: Psychophysiological Processes and Clinical Applications. New York: Guilford Press, 1988.
BOOK REVIEWS/JOURNAL REVIEWER
Sex is Not a Natural Act, by Leonore Teifer, reviewed for Archives of Sexual Behavior, (1999), 28 (in press).
Sexual Behavior, Kelly. Reviewed for Brown & Benchmark, 1996.
Reviewer, Journal of Research, CSU Stanislaus, 1996
Reviewer, Journal of Sex Review, Special Edition: Bodies Besieged, 1996.
Annual Review of Sex Research (Vol.III), edited by John Bancroft. Reviewed by Lin S. Myers (1994). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 23, 204-209.
Biopsychology, Pinel. Reviewed chapters for Allyn & Bacon, 1993.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Myers, L. S., & Carter, T. J. Sex and Math: Applications of Nonlinear Systems to Sex Research, Workshop presented at International Academy of Sex Research, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June, 1996.
Myers, L. S., Panelist, Faith and Religion, Inner Faith Resources, October, 1995.
Myers, L. S., Panelist, Meaning of Afterlife, Inner Faith Resources, March, 1994.
Myers, L. S. Talking To Your Partner About Sex. AIDS Awareness Week, CSU, Stanislaus, April, 1994.
Myers, L. S. The Psychobiology of Female Sexuality. Modesto Junior College Colloquium, Feminism: A Kaleidoscope of Issues, February, 1991.
Myers, L. S. Pornography and Censorship, Philosophical Society Forum, CSU, Stanislaus, November, 1990.
Myers, L. S. The role of the brain renin-angiotensin system in the regulation of prolactin secretion. Department of Anatomy Colloquium Series, University of California, Los Angeles, May, 1989.
Myers, L. S. Endocrine factors and sexual psychophysiology
of the postmenopausal woman. The Society for Psychophysiological Research,
San Francisco, CA. October, 1988.
PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS
Myers, L. S., & Cramton, S. M. ). Male Erotophobia-Erotophilia: Its Relationship to Personality, Daydreaming, and sexual attitudes. Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR, April 2000.
Myers, L. S. Teaching students to become critical reviewers: A multiple drafts model for enhancing student writing and research. Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, West, Lake Arrowhead, CA, March, 1999.
Myers, L. S. Erotophobia-Erotophilia and its relationship to body image in males and females. International Academy of Sex Research, Baton Rouge, LA, July, 1997.
Myers, L.S. & Rasmussen, S. Body image, body esteem, and figure preference amopng African, Hispanic, Asian, and Caucasian American women. Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA, April, 1997.
Moose, B., & Myers, L. S. Similarities and differences in cognitive abilities of heterosexuals, homosexuals, and bisexuals. International Academy of Sex Research, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June, 1996.
Watkins, S., Carter, T. J., & Myers, L. S. Hallucinogen flashbacks: Reality or Myth? Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. November, 1995.
Myers, L. S. & Carter, T. J. Application of chaos theory and fractal dimension analyses to male sexual psychophysiology. International Academy of Sex Research, Provincetown, MA. September, 1995.
Myers, L.S. Relationship of hormone levels to sexual arousal in pre- and postmenopausal women. Conference on Reproductive Behavior, Asilomar, CA. June, 1985.
Myers, L. S., Watkins, S., & Carter, T. J. Multimodal assessment of Body Image: Female and male differences. Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA. April, 1995.
Myers, L. S. Methodological review and meta-analysis of sexuality and menopause research. International Academy of Sex Research, Edinburgh, Scotland. June, 1994.
Myers, L.S. & Davidson, J.M. Sexuality in the postmenopausal woman. Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Western Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. January, 1986.
Myers, L. S., Vankirk, G., Houtchens, D., Wakefield, J. A., & Gentry, T. A. The perceived and actual importance sexual behaviors for males and females. International Academy of Sex Research, Pacific Grove, CA. June, 1993.
Myers, L. S. Attitudes of females and males toward their genitals. International Academy of Sex Research, Pacific Grove, CA. June, 1993.
Steele, M.K. & Myers, L.S. Angiotensin II and prolactin secretion in the male rat. Society for Neuroscience, St. Louis, MO. October, 1990
Myers, L.S. & Steele, M.K. Evidence toward a role for central angiotensin II in the regulation of sexual behavior in the male rat. Society for Neuroscience, St.Louis, MO. October, 1990.
Steele, M.K. & Myers, L.S. In vivo studies on the paracrine actions of pituitary angiotensin II (AII) in stimulating prolactin (PRL) release from the anterior pituitary gland of rats. Society for Neuroscience, Phoenix, AZ. October, 1989.
Myers, L.S., Morrissette, Carmichael, M., Dixen, J. & Davidson, J.M. Effects of gonadal steroids in postmenopausal women. International Academy of Sex Research, Minneapolis, MN. August, 1988.
Myers, L.S. & Steele, M.K. Effect of angiotensin II (AII) and AII receptor blockers on prolactin secretion. Society for Neuroscience, Toronto, Canada. November, 1988.
Myers, L.S. & Teifer, L. History of women in sex research. Diverse backgrounds. International Academy of Sex Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. September, 1986.
Myers, L.S. & Morokoff, P.J. Physiological and subjective sexual arousal in pre- and postmenopausal women and postmenopausal women taking replacement hormone therapy. American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA. August, 1985
Alagna, S.W., Morokoff, P.J. & Myers, L.S. Beginning medical school. Determinants of male and female emotional reactions. American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA. August, 1985.
Morokoff, P.J., Myers, L.S., McKinnon, W.R. & Gillilland, R. Effects of stress on male sexual functioning. Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Western Conference, Palm Springs, CA. January, 1985.
Morokoff, P.J., McKinnon, W.R. & Myers, L.S. Volunteer bias in the psychophysiological study of female sexuality. Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD. April, 1984.
Myers, L.S., Krantz, D., & Dubois, A. Effects of psychological and physiological stressors on gastric emptying and secretion. Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA. April, 1983