Colin J. Williams (born 1941) is a
sociologist and retired Professor of Sociology at
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. He served as Research Sociologist at the
Kinsey Institute for Sex Research from 1968-1980.
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,
bisexual
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and
transgender people.
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Life and career
Williams earned his bachelor's degree from the
London School of Economics in 1963 and his master's degree from the
University of British Columbia in 1966. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from
Rutgers University in 1970.
Selected books
*''Homosexuals and the Military'' (1971)
*''Male Homosexuals: Their Problems and Adaptations'' (1974)
*''Sex and Morality in the U.S.'' (1989)
*''Dual Attraction: Understanding Bisexuality'' (1994)
References
External links
Colin J. Williams faculty page
1941 births
Living people
American sexologists
American sociologists
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