Associate Professor
bockt001@umn.edu
612-625-1500
Primary Research Themes: Gender identity development, transgender health; sexuality and the Internet; HIV prevention, intersexuality.
Education Activities: Course director for Sexual Counseling for Physicians, a required course for family medicine and psychiatry residents. Supervises residents and precepts medical students in sexual counseling practicum, and supervises post-doctoral clinical/research fellows in psychology and human sexuality.
Current Grant Supported Research
NICHD “Gender Identity and HIV Risk II” 2007-2012
Principal Investigator. Assess the sexuality and HIV risk behaviors of men who have sex with transgender persons and integrate findings into an Internet-based sexual health intervention for the U.S. transgender population.
NIDA “HIV/STD Infection in an Urban High Risk Population” 2004-2009
Longitudinal study to assess predictors of seroconversion among male-to-female transgender people in New York City.
NIH/NIMH “Internet HIV Prevention Targeting Internet-Using Men Who Have Sex with Men” 2004-2009
Develop, implement, and evaluate an online HIV prevention intervention targeting men who use the Internet to seek sex with other men.
Bockting WO, Miner M, & Rosser BRS. (2007). Latino men's sexual behavior with transgender persons. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36(6), 778-786.
Rosser BRS, Oakes JM, Bockting WO, Babes G, Miner M. (2007). Capturing the social demographics of hidden sexual minorities: An Internet study of the transgender population in the United States. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 4(2), 50-64.
Bockting, WO & Coleman E. (2007) Developmental stages of the transgender coming out process: Toward an integrated identity. In R. Ettner, S. Monstrey, E. Evan (Eds). Handbook of Transgender Medicine and Surgery. New York: Haworth Press.
Bockting, WO, Huang, CY, Ding, H., Robinson, B., & Rosser, BRS. (2005). Are transgender persons at higher risk for HIV than other sexual minorities? A comparison of HIV prevalence and risks. International Journal of Transgenderism, 8(2/3), 123-131.
Bockting, WO, Robinson, BE, Forberg, JB, & Scheltema, K. (2005). Evaluation of a sexual health approach to reducing HIV/STD risk in the transgender community. AIDS Care, 17(3), 289-303.
Bockting WO, Robinson BE, Benner A, & Scheltema K. (2004). Patient satisfaction with transgender health services. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy. 30(4), 277-294.
Education
Doctorate (Ph.D.), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Clinical Psychology, 1998
Post-Doctoral Clinical/Research Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Medical School, Department of Family Practice and Community Health, Program in Human Sexuality, 1988-1990
Doctorandus Degree (Drs.), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Clinical Psychology, Sexology 1988
Selected Professional Activities and Awards
2005-2006, president and fellow, Society of the Scientific Study of Sexuality
2007, president-elect, World Professional Association for Transgender Health
2001-present, Journal of Homosexuality