Who We Are
With a diverse range of expertise, skills, and training, The Sexploration Project team approaches our work with equal parts care, humor, and (com)passion. Explore our mosaic of community interlocutors below.
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Josie C. Auger (she/her)
Associated Professor in the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Athabasca University, Turtle Island (Canada)
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Emory Beatty/E Kirk Beatty, B.A. (he/him)
2023-2024 Project Manager
Virginia Commonwealth University MSW Student, Clinical Track
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Bria Brown-King (they/she)
Director of Engagement at interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth
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Omisade Burney-Scott, B.A. (she/her)
Founder/CEO of Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause
Board Member, Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom, Founding Egbe Member, SpiritHouse South, Advisor, Elektra Health and Menopause Working Group Member, Society for Women's Health and Research (SWHR).
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Alejandra "Ally" Castellanos (she/her)
2023-2024 Co-Director of Public Engagement
UCLA Class of 2024
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B. Ethan Coston, PhD (they/he)
Collaborative Facilitator
Primary Investigator for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneering Ideas grant project “Building Improved Intersectional, Feminist, Queer Methodologies for the Study of Sexual Health”
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
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Andrés Cordero, Jr. MBA, ACS (they/he)
2022-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow and Project Co-Lead
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Deandra Escañuela, B.A. (she/her/ella)
2022-2023 Director of Public Engagement
2023 Graduate of UCLA Public Affairs
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Jessica Hille, J.D., PhD (she/her)
Assistant Director for Education and Assistant Clinical Professor at The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University
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T.J. Jourian, PhD (he/him)
Trans*Formational Change
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Shanna Katz Kattari, PhD, MEd, CSE, ACS (they/them)
Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Social Work and Women's & Gender Studies; Director, [Sexuality | Relationship | Gender] Research Collective
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Natalie Malone, MA, 200RYT (she/her)
2022-2023 Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Impact
Counseling Psychology PhD student at the University of Kentucky
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Chloe Morris (she/her)
2023-2024 Co-Director of Public Engagement
UCLA Class of 2024
Public Affairs and Gender Studies B.A. (in progress)
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Xir Divine Rae (they/he/Divine)
Founder of Divine Kink Academy for Sacred Sexuality & Co-owner of Dark Haven ATL BDSM Gallery
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Prakriti Subedi (and Milo)
Assistant Project Scientist
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Rahim Thawer (he/him)
Social Worker & Psychotherapist; Mental Health & EDI Consultant; Lecturer & Writer; Therapy Podcast Host
Former Collaborators and Affiliates
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Monyae Kerney, MA, 200RYT (she/they)
Principal Investigator of The CIRCLE (@thebadbxtchcircle) and community-based full spectrum doula for all birthing folx
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Aubri Lancaster, BA², CSE, ANTE UP! Certified (she/her)
AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator with more than 17 years experience
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Maria Roman-Taylorson
Vice President & Chief Operation Officer for TransLatin@ Coalition