Dr. Vince Gil

Culturally-Responsive Teaching and Theology in the ‘Gender Moment’

February 16, 2021

Teaching Human Sexuality for 38 years to undergraduates certainly becomes a challenge of how to straddle an age divide, but also a ‘cultural divide’ at many levels. For one, every culture group understands and treats human sexuality differently—some being quite open to sexual discourse and practices, while others remaining very closed to sexual discourse and…Read More

Dr. Vince Gil

Emeritus Professor

Vincent (Vince) E. Gil, PhD, is an awarded professor, international researcher, counselor, and licensed minister. He received his PhD in Psychological and Medical Anthropology from UCLA, then went on to do postdoctoral work with the famed Masters and Johnson Institute, where he completed years refining his knowledge of human sexuality (medical and clinical). Soon thereafter, he initiated a non-profit counseling service for the faith-based sexually questioning or problemed. When the HIV epidemic reached global proportions in the 1990's, Vince Gil went back to UCLA for postdoctoral work in public health/epidemiology of infectious sexual diseases. He then engaged 16 years of international and national work, ranging from clinical sexology to helping hospitals manage both their HIV/sexually transmitted infections, as well as clinical cases of sexual dysfunctions. Back home, Vince Gil continued to teach Human Sexuality and engage a counseling ministry for a total of 38 years. It is this multidimensional work, plus his pastoral heart and ministerial training, that has led to this present work, "A Christian's Guide through the Gender Revolution: Gender, Cisgender, Transgender, and Intersex." With over forty published articles, research papers and book chapters, decades of work among sexual minorities, he writes from firsthand experiences and from a Christian heart. He has been a founding member and Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Sexology; the American Board of Sexology, four-time awarded Professor of the Year, and National Professor of Excellence, AGHE Council on Higher Education. He is presently Emeritus Professor at Vanguard University in Southern California, where he resides with his wife, Dr. Mikki Gil, and nearby, two married daughters who also teach and mentor. Vince’s author pages (“Vincent E. Gil”) are at Wipf & Stock Publishers and at Amazon.com. The book is available for review from Wipf & Stock. You can reach him at vgil@vanguard.edu to schedule book/subject commentaries, webinars, or other interactive aspects of his work. Due to COVID-19, Dr. Vince is not making personal appearances any time soon, but is available for online presentations.

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