Michael Miner, PhD

Professor
Program in Human Sexuality

Expertise

Sexual abuse, sexual aggression, forensic assessment, instrument development, attachment theory, research design, statistics,
behavioral medicine

Education

PhD, St. Louis University

Bio

Miner‘s research focuses on the influence of attachment and social competence on sexually abusive behavior in adolescent males. He has published extensively on the characteristics of juvenile sexual offenders, sex offender treatment, and measurement of criminal behavior and developed measures of compulsive sexual behavior and coping skills.

Contact Information

180 West Bank Office Building
1300 South 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-625-1500
miner001@umn.edu

Current Grants

2011-14, NIMH, PI, "Psychological and Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Sexual Compulsivity and HIV Risk"

2008-12, National Institute of Justice, co-PI, “A Multi-state Comparison of the Static-99, Static 2002 and AWA Guidelines”

2007-12, NICHD, co-investigator, “Gender Identity and HIV Risk II”

Recent Publications

Peterson JL, Miner MH, Brennan DJ, Rosser BRS. HIV treatment optimism and sexual risk behaviors among HIV positive African American men who have sex with men. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2012;24:91-101.

Boer DP, Eher R, Craig LA, Miner MH, Phafflin F, Eds. International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: Theory, Practice and Research. West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley; 2011.

Coleman E, Horvath KJ, Miner MH, Ross MW, Oakes M, Rosser BR. Compulsive sexual behavior and risk for unsafe sex among internet using men who have sex with men. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2010;39(5):1045-53.

Brennan DJ, Welles SL, Miner MH, Ross MW, Rosser BRS. HIV treatment optimism and unsafe anal intercourse among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: Findings from the Positive Connections Study. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2010; 22(2):126-137.

Miner MH, Robinson B, Knight RA, Berg D, Swinburne-Romine R, Netland J. Understanding sexual perpetration against children: Effects of attachment style, interpersonal involvement, and hypersexuality. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 2010;22:58-77.