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Justin R. Garcia is the Ruth N. Halls Professor of Gender Studies and Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University Bloomington. Within the Social Science faculty, he holds adjunct appointments as Professor in the IU School of Medicine and the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IU Indianapolis, along with affiliate faculty roles in the IU Network Science Institute, Cognitive Science Program, and Human Biology Program. Garcia completed his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Evolution and Behavior) at Binghamton University in 2011, M.S. in Biomedical Anthropology in 2009, Certificate in Evolutionary Studies in 2007, and B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Development in 2007. He conducted an NIH T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity at Indiana University from 2011 to 2013 before joining as Assistant Professor in Gender Studies and Assistant Research Scientist at the Kinsey Institute in 2013. He advanced to Associate Professor and Associate Research Scientist in 2017, received the Ruth N. Halls Endowed Professorship in 2016, became full Professor and Senior Scientist in 2021, and was appointed Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute in 2020. He also serves as co-chair of the Interdepartmental Graduate Committee on Human Sexuality.