Dr. Terri Fisher is a Teaching Professor of Psychology and Director of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship at The University of the South. Prior to moving to the Chattanooga area, she was on the faculty of The Ohio State University at Mansfield for 33 years. Fisher has conducted research on parent-child communication about sexuality and on the role of context, societal expectations, and stereotyping on gender and personality differences in reports of sexual behavior. Signal Mountain resident Dr. Terri Fisher is a Teaching Professor of Psychology and Director of Undergraduate Research at the University of the South (Sewanee). Previously, she was on the faculty of The Ohio State University at Mansfield for 33 years. Fisher has conducted research on the extent and impact of parent-child communication about sexuality and the role of the research context, societal expectations, and gender stereotyping on gender and personality differences in reports of various aspects of sexual behavior. In addition to publishing numerous peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Fisher has co-edited the Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures, Speaking of Sexuality: Interdisciplinary Readings, and Current Directions in Human Sexuality and Intimate Relationships. Fisher is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Sex Research. Her PhD is from the University of Georgia. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx