Welcome to my Press Page! Hopefully you’ll find this information useful if you want to quote me or hire me or just know more about what I’ve done in the past.
My Bio
Dr. Karen Rayne provides advice and support to parents on how to educate their children and teenagers about sex and sexuality. Karen’s knowledge about adolescent development and education provides her with a solid background for guiding parents through these tricky conversations. She also moonlights as a sex educator for the children, teenagers, and college students themselves.
Ongoing Work
- Human Sexuality Professor for Austin Community College
- Sex educator for private middle school and high school classes
- Resident adolescent and sexuality expert for Kiwi Commons
- Co-creator and moderator of The Belly Project
- Editor of the Personal sections of Blog Nosh Magazine
- Host for iChoose Austin
Past Speaking Engagements
2010
- Invited speaker at Rawson-Saunders School
- Presenter at SXSW Interactive
2009
- Invited Sexpert on Irish radio RedFM show Sexually Speaking
- Presenter at the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women
- Authored piece published on Scarleteen.com
- Interviewed by Reign of the Girl-Child
- Presenter at SXSW Interactive
- Our Whole Lives teacher at Wildflower Unitarian Universalst Church, Austin
2008
- Phoenix House Austin
- Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, Austin
- Austin Waldorf School’s Second Grade Parents’ Meeting
- Texas Council on Family Relations Annual Conference
- Adolescent sexuality expert interview for Mona Lisa Production. Documentary released in 2009.
- Blossom Family Center guest speaker on parent sexuality
- Austin Community College Human Sexuality Adjunct Professor
2007
- Guest speaker on Rev. Chuck Freeman’s radio show Soul Talk
- American Educational Research Association Annual Conference
- Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas
2006
- American Educational Research Association Annual Conference
2004
- University of Texas Ethics Conference
- M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas
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I am interested in learning more about your program. I am beginning a group to work with girls (15-18) on self esteem challenges. Is it possible to expand your program to Ohio? How can we communicate by phone?
Rhonda
July 11, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
Rhonda, I would be happy to talk with you more individually and see how I can support your program. Please send me an e-mail and then we can get in touch by phone. karen.rayne@gmail.com
July 26, 2008 @ 9:18 am