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Matt Mutchler, PhD

Associate Professor
Sociology Department
California State University, Dominguez Hills
1000 East Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747
mmutchler@csudh.edu
310.243.3274

Community-Based Researcher
AIDS Project Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 201-1522
mmutchler@apla.org

Adjunct Faculty
University of California, Santa Barbara

Education:

1999 Doctorate of Philosophy in Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara

1994 Master of Arts in Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara

1991 Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara

Select List of Teaching Experience and Interests:

Introduction to Community Studies
Issues in Community Studies
Social Psychology
Socal Agencies and Service Learning
Sociology of the Helping Professions
Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing (Medical Sociology)
Sociology of AIDS
Social Movements
Sexual Communities, Sexual Politics
Theories of Gender Inequalities
Statistics (Introduction and Advanced)
Research Methods (qualitative and quantitative)
Community-Based, Participatory Research Methods
Field Methods (Ethnography)
Program Evaluation

My teaching philosophy is student-centered, participatory, and oriented toward community service and service learning. Teaching is best when it is co-intentional---see Paolo Friere

Research Interests:

Community Studies
Community-Based, Participatory Research and Evaluation
Applied Sociology
Health and Culture
HIV Prevention and Care: Practices and Policies
Young Gay Men and Health Promotion
Sexualities & Gender (Masculinities)
Sexual Communities and Politics
Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
Social Psychology & Stigma

Sociology, Community Studies Research Laboratory

The Community Studies research lab consists of a team of faculty and student researchers exploring important community issues using community-based, participatory research methods. The following principles guide the scholarly work in the lab: community participation, applied research, field methods, strong collaborative processes with community partners, and a focus on health and social justice issues. The laboratory currently includes studies seeking to explore how young gay men discuss sexual health topics, substance use and HIV prevention, and collaborative evaluation activities with community-based agencies such as AIDS Project Los Angeles. The community studies lab integrates the strengths of the sociology program in various approaches to teaching and research on community issues.

Dissertation and Thesis:

1999 Young Gay Men’s Sexual Stories:Encountering and Producing Sexual Politics, Masculinities, and Sexual Cultures in the Era of AIDS. Diss. University of California, Santa Barbara.

1994 The Making and Meaning of a Safer Sex Community in the AIDS Generation. Thesis. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara.

Refereed Journal Articles and Chapters:

Mutchler, M.G.; Mckay, T.; Candelario, N.; Liu, H.; Stackhouse, B.; & Ayala, G. Manuscript Under Preparation. Sex, drugs, and HIV: African-American, Latino, and Multiracial young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in Los Angeles and New york.

Mutchler, M.G.; Bogart, L.; McKay, T.; Elliot, M., Suttorp, M. & Schuster, M. 2008. "Psychosocial Correlates of Unprotected Sex without Disclosure of HIV-Positivity among African-American, Latino, and White Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women.” Archives of Sexual Behavior. 37: 736-747

Mutchler, M.G.; Ayala, G.; & Neith, K. 2005.“Safer Sex Stories Told by Young Gay Men: Building on Resiliency Through Gay-Boy Talk.” Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, Vol. 2(3): 37-50.

Herman, L. & Mutchler, M.G. 2004. "HIV and Violence: An agency-based investigation of behavioral patterns associated with clients experiencing current or past violence." Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, Vol. 3(3): 97-104 .

Mutchler, M.G. 2004. "Money Boys in Thailand: Sex, Work, and Stigma During the XV International AIDS Conference." Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth,Vol. 6(1):121-128.

Mutchler, M.G.; Ayala, G.; Hebert, P.; & Fernandez, R. 2004. “Gay-boy Talk: Discourse for Stopping HIV Infections Among Young Gay Men.” SIECUS Report.Vol. 32, No. 1, Winter.

Mutchler, M.G.; Klosinski, L.E.; Chion, M.; Bingham, T.; Jenkins, R.A. & Secura, G. 2003. “Comparing Sexual Behavioral Patterns Between Two Bathhouses: Implications for HIV Prevention Intervention Policy.” Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 44, #3/4: 221-242.

Mutchler, M.G.; Klosinski, L.E.; Chion, M.; Bingham, T.; Jenkins, R.A. & Secura, G. 2003. “Comparing Sexual Behavioral Patterns Between Two Bathhouses: Implications for HIV Prevention Intervention Policy.” In Gay Bathhouses and Public Health Policy. New York: Harrington Park Press.

Mutchler, M.G. 2002. “Will It Be Silence and Violence or Safety and Prevention for the Next Generation of Gay Youth?” International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies.Volume 7, Number 1: 23-38.

Mutchler, M.G. 2000. “Young Gay Men’s Stories in the States: Scripts, Sex, and Safety in the Time of AIDS.” Sexualities. Vol 3(1): 31-54.

Mutchler, M.G. 2000. “Making Space for Safer Sex.” AIDS Education and Prevention.Vol 12(1): 1-14.

Mutchler, M.G. 2000. “Seeking Sexual Lives: Gay Youth and Masculinity Tensions.” Gay Men and Masculinities edited by Peter R. Nardi. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks.

Mutchler, M.G. 1996. “A Safer Sex Liberation: Mapping an Emerging Culture.”, Thresholds:Viewing Culture.Volume 9: 19-28. University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate Student Association Press.

Published Teaching Materials

Mutchler, M.G. 2005. “Sociology of AIDS” Syllabus, published by the American Sociological Association in Instructional Guidebook.

Additional Scholarly and Commissioned Publications:

Curtis, P.; Mutchler, M.G., Gutierrez, J.; Roundy, J.; Cooper, E. 2008. Medicare Part D: Implementation, Impact, and HIV/AIDS Policy on Dual-Eligibles in Los Angeles County. Research Report published by AIDS Project Los Angeles.

Mutchler and McKay. 2007. Final Report from the Sex-Drugs and HIV Study. Published by AIDS Project Los Angeles and Gay Men’s Health Crisis.

Mutchler, M.G. 2003. “Gay-boy Talk: Discourse for Stopping HIV Infections Among Young Gay Men.” The Scarlet Letters. Vol. 2(Summer). Published by AIDS Project Los Angeles.

Ayala, G., Thompson, C.E., Klosinski, L., Hebert, P., & Mutchler, M.G. 2003. "Changing How We Think: HIV Prevention in the U.S.: An HIV Prevention Policy Publication." Published by AIDS Project Los Angeles.

Mutchler, M.G. 2002. “2001 Client Survey Findings” reports posted to AIDS Project Los Angeles website (www.apla.org under research and evaluation link). Findings based on quantitative study (N=1,365).

Mutchler, M.G. 2000. “1999 Client Survey Findings.” posted to AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) website (www.apla.org). Findings based on quantitative study (N=1,610).

Thompson, C.E. & Mutchler, M.G. 2000. “HIV/AIDS Managed Care and The External Environmental Assessment: Is It Worth It?” HIV: Quality Care Network and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

Mutchler, M.G. 1999. Advocacy in the 21st Century: An HIV/AIDS Policy Agenda.

Mutchler, M.G. 1999. “Needle Exchange Bill Needs Support.” Positive Living.

Mutchler, M.G. 1998. “Phoenix Rising Training Model: A Community Empowerment Approach to HIV Prevention Education.” Pacific Pride Foundation, commissioned by UCSF-CAPS.

Recent Scholarly Presentations (A Select List):

Hernandez, B. & Mutchler, M.G. 2009. “Gay-boy talk: Sexual Health Communicatino between young gay men and their best female friends.” Accepted for presentation at the California State University Dominguez Hills Student Research Day, February, 2009.

Mutchler, M.G.; Garcia, L.; Cooper, E.; Gutierrez, J.; & Hernandez, B. 2008. “Gay-boy talk meets with girl-talk in Los Angeles: High quality and frequent sexual health communication between young gay men and their best friends supports safer sex intentions and behaviors.” Presentation at the American Public Health Association Conference, October; San Diego, CA.

McKay, T. & Mutchler. M.G. 2008. “Disclosure of HIV-status to male and female sexual partners by HIV positive men who have sex with men and women (MSMW).” Presentation at the American Public Health Association Conference, October; San Diego, CA.

Mutchler, M.G.; Wagner, G.; McKay, T.; Cowgill, B.O.; Risley, B.; & Bogart, L.M. “Client perspectives on the value of treatment advocacy services at a large AIDS Service Orgnization.” Presented at the United States Confernce on AIDS, sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council; September, 2008.

Mutchler, M.G.; Brooks, R.; Ayala, G.; & Cooper, E. “Applying Research Methods in Community-based Organizations for Program Planning: Lessons Learned from a Large AIDs Service Organization.” Accepted for Oral Presentation at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference; Portland, OR; April, 2008.

Recent Community Presentations of Scholarly Materials (A Select List):

Mutchler, M.G.; McKay, T,; Liu, H.; Candelario, N.; Stackhouse, B.; Bingham, T.; George, S.; Ayala, G. 2008. “Sex-drugs, community, and HIV: African American, Latino, and Multiracial young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in Los Angeles and New York.”. Presented at a forum by Mutchler, M.G.; Belzer, M.; Bingham, T.; Harawa, N.; & Kipke, M. ‘Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities Facing Young Gay and Bisexual Men of Color.’ Invited Presentation at the 2008 Institute for Community Health Research Forum, California Endowment. March, 2008.

Mutchler, M.G. ‘Adolescent Sexual Development and Identity.’ Presented at the 2006 Y.O.U.T.H. HIV Prevention Conference, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. September, 2006.

Research Experience:

2009-2011 Principal Investigator, ‘Sex-drugs and HIV: How substances became associated with sex among African American and Latino young men who have sex with men (YMSM)’ funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

2007-2009 Principal Investigator, 'Medicare Part D: Implementation, Impact, and HIV/AIDS Policy' funded by the Universitywide AIDS Research Program.

2008-09 APLA Principal Investigator, ‘The Sexual Mixing among Racial/Ethnic Minorities’ Study, funded by the NIH.

2007-08 Principal Investigator, ‘HIV Risk and ‘Sex Drugs’ among African American, Latino, and Multiracial MSM in Los Angeles and New York’ funded by the Institute for Community Health Research, DREW University.

2007-08 Principal Investigator and Preceptor for McKay, T, ‘Disclosure of HIV Status Among Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women (MSMW), funded by the UCLA AIDS Institute, Network for AIDS Researchers in Los Angeles.

2006-07 Principal Investigator, ‘Sex Drugs and HIV: Perceptions of Young Gay Men of Color’, funded by CSU-Dominguez Hills RSCAAP, AIDS Project Los Angeles, and Gay Men’s Health Crisis.

2005-07 Principal Investigator, 'Sexual Health Communication: Young Gay Men and Their Friends' funded by the Universitywide AIDS Research Program.

2005-09 Community Principal Investigator, ‘Network for AIDS Researchers in Los Angeles’ funded by the Universitywide AIDS Research Program

2004-2006 Principal Investigator, ‘2005 APLA Client Survey’ funded by AIDS Project Los Angeles.

2003-2005 Principal Investigator, 'Community-Based Participatory Research: A Model for Evaluating Sexual Health Promotion in Commercial Sex Venues', funded by AIDS Project Los Angeles.

2002-2004 Principal Investigator, ‘In the Mix: Sexual Risk and Disclosure Behaviors among HIV+ Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women’ funded by the Universitywide AIDS Research Program IDEA award mechanism

2001-2002 Principal Research Investigator, ‘2001 APLA Client Survey’ (N=1,365)

2000-2001 Trainee, HIV/AIDS Investigator Development Program. University of California, Los Angeles; Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services.

2001 Completed 5-day Training, “Research Design in Qualitative Social Inquiry” by Dr. Gary Dowsett at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health, and Society.

1999-2001 Evaluation Consultant:---APLA, South Bay Free Clinic, Clinica Oscar A. Romero, City of West Hollywood, National Native American Prevention Center, and the L.A. Gay&Lesbian Center, At the Beach, & Bike-Out.

2000-2001 Principal Research Investigator, ‘Sexual Risk and Disclosure Issues Among HIV Positive Individuals’ Focus Groups and Formative Research Project with the Positive Images Consortia and APLA.

1999-2000 Principal Research Investigator of the 1999 APLA Client Survey (N=1,610).

1999-2000 Research Consultant, “Youth Needs Assessment Survey.” Los Angeles County HIV Prevention Planning Committee, The Youth Leadership Subcommittee.

1994-1998 Founding Member, AIDS Research Team. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) faculty and graduate students.

1997 Survey Research Team Member, “UCSB-Client Health-Care Satisfaction.” UCSB Academic Senate.

1996-1997 Co-Coordinator, “HIV Prevention Survey Project.” Phoenix Rising, Pacific Pride Foundation.

1994 Research Consultant. “Santa Barbara County AIDS Task Force” Special Needs HIV Prevention Assessment Survey Project. Santa Barbara County Health Department.

1989-94 Research Assistant. “Young Men’s Survey Project” University of California, San Francisco: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies.

Recent Scholarly Grants (Research, Evaluation, and Teaching):

2009-11: $135,000: per year, National Institute on Drug Abuse (Principal Investigator)

2006-09: $150,000 per year, National Institute of Nursing Research (Co-Principal Investigator)

2007-09: $140,000 per year, Universitywide AIDS Research Program, Community Collaborative Research Award (Principal Investigator)

2007-09: $800,000 per year, The Sexual Mixing Study, NIH R01 (APLA Principal Investigator)

2007-08: $30,000, Institute for Community Health Research, DREW University, (Principal Investigator)

2007-08: $20,000, UCLA AIDS Institute, UCLA, (Principal Investigator and Preceptor)

2006-07: $40,000, Network for AIDS Researchers in Los Angeles Seed Grant (Principal Investigator)

2006 $5,000: CSU-Dominguez Hills Sally Casanova RSCAAP (Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award Program) (Principal Investigator)

2005-09 $92,000 per year: Network for AIDS Researchers in Los Angeles (Community Principal Investigator for AIDS Project Los Angeles)

2005-07 $100,000: Universitywide AIDS Research Award (UARP) for IDEA application (Principal Investigator)

2004-05 $20,000: AIDS Project Los Angeles Client Survey (Principal Investigator)

2000-05 $100,000 per year: Community-Based Evaluation Training-Office of AIDS, Programs and Policies (Co-Principal

Evaluator)

2002-04 $100,000: Universitywide AIDS Research Award (UARP) for IDEA application (Principal Investigator)

2001-2004 $300,000 per yar: Prevention with Positives Demonstration Project--Centers for Disease Control (Principal Evaluator)

Additional Awards - (A Select List):

2008 Mentor for Best Student Paper Award; American Public Health Association

2007 Volunteer Award for AIDS Project Los Angeles

2005-06 Sally Casanova Memorial Awards Program/Mini Grant, CSU-Dominguez Hills Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Program (RSCAAP)

2005-06 Center for Teaching and Learning Travel for Scholarly Activities Award, CSU-Dominguez Hills

2004-05 2004/2005 Outstanding Staff/Faculty Volunteer of the Year Award, by the University of California, Santa Barbara Community Affairs Board in Recognition of Outstanding Service to the University and Surrounding Communities

2001 Outstanding Volunteer, Founding Community Advisor Member for Sustainability Task Force---City Project, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

1997 Martin Levine Memorial Award, ASA Sex and Gender Section

1997 Dissertation Fellowship, Universitywide AIDS Research Program (UARP)

1997 Humanities/Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Grant, UCSB

1997-98 Outstanding Teaching Associate Award, UCSB Graduate Association

1996-97 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, UCSB Residence Halls Assoc.

1996-97 Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSB Graduate Student Association

1994 Humanitarian Award, Greater Santa Barbara Community Association

1991 University Service Award with Special Merit, UCSB Chancellor

Current Academic and Community Service:

2008-present Advisor, Sociology Club, CSUDH

2007-present Member, CSUDH Institutional Review Board

2009-present Member, CSUDH Sociology Curriculum Committee

2006-present Advisor, Gay/Straight Alliance, California State University Dominguez Hills

2005-present Mentor, CSUDH McNair Scholars Program

2004-present Member, Steering Committee: UCLA HIV New Investigator’s Annual Conference

2002-present Reviewer, Scholarly Articles and Book Manuscripts: American Journal of Public Health, Sexualities, Sexual Health, SAGE, University of North Carolina Press, and Sociological Perspectives; Culture, Health, and Sexuality; AIDS Care, Men and Masculinities

2001-present Reviewer, Grant Proposals: UCLA Center for HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Services; City AIDS Coordinator’s Office, Los Angeles; Canadian Institutes of Health

2005-2008 Chair, CSUDH Sociology Curriculum Committee

2006-2007 Member, Steering Committee, CSU-Queer Studies Conference Committee

2005-2007 Member, CSUDH Sociology Graduate Curriculum Committee

2004-2006 Chair, Sociologists' AIDS Network

2005-2006 Member, Quality Management Committee, AIDS Project Los Angeles

2005-2006 Co-Chair, CSUDH Sociology Department Budget Committee

2005 Member, UCRC Director Job Search Committee, CSU-Dominguez Hills

2003 Member, Local Advisory Committee, Universitywide AIDS Research Program 20th Annual AIDS Investigator Meeting

2003 Member, Los Angeles County HIV Prevention Planning Committee on CDC Indicators; Prevention for HIV Infected Persons Committee

2000-02 Editor, American Sociological Association Sexualities Newsletter

2000-02 Founding Member, Sustainability Task Force, City Project Study

1998-00 Reviewer, Gender & Society

1997-99 Planning Member, Santa Barbara County AIDS Task Force

1992-98 Member, Multicultural Queer Graduate Student Network.

1989-98 Speaker, Panels on Sexuality at UCSB and Pacific Pride Foundation

1989-98 Founding Member, Chancellor’s Task Force on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Concerns (Chair: Curriculum Committee)

1994-97 Planning Member, Queer Speakers Series

1991-97 AIDS Awareness Week Planner, UCSB AIDS Task Force

1994-95 Committee Member, University of California Systemwide 6th Annual Conference on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues: *Chair: Paper and Panel Organizing Committee

1994 Producer, ‘The Connections Small Group: Safer Sex and Community Building Training’ Video.

1990-91 Philanthropy Chair, Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society
*Co-Chair: Status of Women

1989-91 Education Officer: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Alliance

Consulting and Speaking Expertise:

Health Program Evaluation
Community-Based, Participatory Research Design
HIV Prevention Program Development and Evaluation
HIV Prevention and Health Education
Sociology of AIDS
Young Gay Men, HIV Prevention, and Sexual Development
Bisexuality and HIV
HIV Prevention with People Living with HIV/AIDS
Evidence-Based HIV Prevention
Applied Sociology
Conducting Focus Groups for Health Programs
Utilizing Data to Improve Health Education Programs
Culture, Sexuality, Gender, and Health
Service Learning
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Grant Writing

Professional Affiliations:

American Sociological Association
Community Studies, Medical Sociology, Sexualities, Applied Sociology
The Sociologists’ Lesbian and Gay Caucus,
The Sociologists’ AIDS Network
American Public Health Association
HIV/AIDS Special Primary Interest Group
Pacific Sociology Association
American Evaluation Association
Institute for Community Research and Social Justice

Hobbies:

Hiking
Cooking
Music
Traveling
Movies
Reading
Farmer’s markets
Making the world a better place to live for our children

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