2023 Maine Women’s Hall of Fame Recipient Sandra L. Caron, Ph.D.
The BPW/Maine Futurama Foundation in partnership with
The University of Maine at Augusta, invites you to the
Maine Women’s Hall of Fame 34th Induction Ceremony
Honoring our 2023 Inductee Dr. Sandra L. Caron
Saturday, March 18, 2023
1:00 PM Reception followed by 2:00 PM Induction
University of Maine Augusta
Farber Forum, Jewett Hall, UMA
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Sandra L. Caron, Ph.D.
Professor of Family Relations and Human Sexuality, University of Maine
Renowned Sexuality Professor, Therapist, Author
Dr. Sandra Caron is a pioneer in sexuality education, widely known throughout Maine, and respected nationally and internationally for her creative teaching and groundbreaking research in sexuality education. Her involvement and contributions to the University of Maine campus and the State of Maine have touched countless lives.
Caron received the University of Maine Alumni Association’s 2019 Distinguished Maine Professor Award that recognizes the highest qualities of teaching, research and public service. She received UMaine’s 1998 Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2002 Presidential Public Service Award. In 2013 she was recognized by the Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center for her lifelong contribution to sexual and reproductive health, and in 1999, she received the Margaret Vaughn award from the Maine Family Planning for her outstanding contribution to sexuality education.
Since joining the UMaine faculty in 1988, Caron has taught undergraduate and graduate courses, including the popular undergraduate course in human sexuality. She is also a member of the women's gender and sexuality studies faculty. Caron’s popular classes regularly have high enrollments.
In the span of her UMaine career, Caron has taught over 25,000 students. She has devoted countless hours to projects that advance a more inclusive and socially just society and university community, including her decades of leadership through work on UMaine’s LGBTQ+ Allies Council since 1988. Her influence is wide-ranging, having mentored hundreds of students from Maine.
Her research and publications have focused on the social-sexual development of young people. She has served on over 100 thesis and dissertation committees. Caron is the founder of three nationally recognized peer education programs: Athletes for Sexual Responsibility, Male Athletes Against Violence, and The Greek Peer Educator Program. She is also a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor specializing in sexuality-related issues.
Caron hosts a national website, Colleges Sex Talk. For two decades, Caron wrote a weekly Q&A column in UMaine’s student newspaper, The Maine Campus, titled “Sex Matters,” which became the longest-running column on sexuality in a campus newspaper. She also hosted a radio show by the same name on the campus radio station.
She has authored several books on sexuality, including Sex Matters for College Students: Sex FAQs in Human Sexuality (2nd Edition); Sex Around the World: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human Sexuality, and a children's book, Birds and Bees and More: How Babies Are Made and Families Form. Her newest book is based on her research over the past 30 years, The Sex Lives of College Students: Three Decades of Attitudes and Behaviors.
Caron is a member of the American Association of Sex Educators Counselors and Therapists, and The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. For many summers, she has offered a travel study course, Human Sexuality in Europe.
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