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Mary Lou Rasmussen

Professor, School of Sociology, Australian National University

Professor, School of Sociology, Australian National University Professor Rasmussen focuses on building transdisciplinary understandings of sexuality education across diverse lifeworlds, taking account of issues related to sexual citizenship, cultural and religious difference and technologies of sexuality, education and health. Prof Rasmussen has authored numerous books including Becoming Subjects: Sexualities and Secondary Schooling (Routledge, 2006), and, most recently, Progressive Sexuality Education: The Conceits of Secularism (Routledge, 2016). She also co-edited, Youth and Sexualities: Pleasure, Subversion and Insubordination in and out of Schools (Palgrave, 2004), and the Handbook of Sexuality Education (Palgrave - 2016). She is on the editorial board of the Journal Sex Education (Routledge), and on the book series, Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education (Springer). Prof Rasmussen's research and supervision interest areas include: Gender, Sexuality and Culture; Sex Education, Queer and Feminist Theory, Sexualities and Schooling; Secularism and Education