Dr. Beverly Whipple, a certified
sexuality educator, sexuality counselor, and sex researcher, is the co‑author
of the international best‑seller, The G Spot and Other Discoveries
About Human Sexuality, which has been translated into 19 languages and was
re-published as a Classic 23 years later in 2005. Her other books are Safe
Encounters: How Women can say Yes to Pleasure and No to Unsafe Sex, Smart
Women, Strong Bones, Outwitting Osteoporosis, and The Science of Orgasm (2006, Johns Hopkins Univ. press). Dr. Whipple has
appeared on over 250 radio and TV programs and has been featured in many
magazines. She has delivered over 600 talks and keynote speeches, published
over 160 research articles and book chapters. In 1982 and 1983 The
Philadelphia Magazine named her one of the People to Watch. She is the recipient of many awards, including
the Hugo Beigel Research Award for research excellence and the best article
published in the Journal of Sex Research, the NJ State Nurses’ Association
Award for Excellence in Research, the Distinguished Scientific Achievement
Award, the Public Service Award, the Kinsey Award and the Bullough Award for
the most distinguished book written in 2006 from the Society for the Scientific
Study of Sexuality (SSSS), and the Professional Standard of Excellence Award and
the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Sexuality
Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). She is also a Fellow of the Society for the
Scientific Study of Sexuality and a Fellow
in the American Academy of Nursing. The New Scientist has named her one
of the 50 most influential scientists in the world (2006).
Dr. Whipple is a Professor Emerita at Rutgers University of
NJ. She has a BS in Nursing from Wagner College, a Masters in Counseling, a
Masters in Nursing, and a PhD in Psychobiology, with a major in Neurophysiology,
from Rutgers University.
Her concern with women's health derives naturally from her
over forty years of helping women to feel better about themselves, as a nurse,
a nurse educator, and researcher. Her
research focuses mainly on women's health issues and the sexual physiology of
women.
Dr. Whipple is a member of a number of Honor Societies and
received the Alumni Achievement Award in 1983 and was named An Alumni Fellow in
2007 by Wagner College. Dr. Whipple was the President of AASECT (1998-2000), was
the Vice President of the World Association for Sexology (2001-2005), was on
the Board of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health
(2002-2004), was the President of SSSS (2002-2003), is now the Secretary
General of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) (2005-2009) and is on
the Board of the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (FSSS).
Dr. Whipple lives in Voorhees, New Jersey with Jim, her
husband since 1962. They have two grown children and five grandchildren.
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