Karl Bryant, Ph.D. (UCSB) was a CNS Graduate Fellow from 2006 to 2007. He is an Assistant Professor in both Sociology and Women's Studies at the SUNY New Paltz University in New York. His research is in the overlapping areas of gender, sexuality, childhood studies, science studies, and the sociology of knowledge. His has published in Deviant Behavior, Journal of Sex Research, Sexualities,and Sexuality Research & Social Policy. He is currently completing a history of the psychiatric diagnosis “Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood,” and is studying the scientific wing of “Ex-Gay” movements. Professor Bryant is also part of an international team studying societal impacts of emerging nanotechnologies. He teaches courses on sexuality, gender, queer studies, and social inequalities.