June Reinisch
June Machover Reinisch is an American psychologist who has helped advance the public's general knowledge of human sexual activity. From 1982 to 1993, she was director of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. Her research at the Institute focused on sexual and psychosexual development. She has published more than 100 scientific papers in such journals as Science, Nature, JAMA, American Psychologist, Hormones and Behavior, MMWR, JPSP, Archives of Internal Medicine, and the British and American Journals or Psychiatry.
Biography
Reinisch was born and raised in New York City. Her mother was a librarian and her father was a U.S. naval officer serving as Fire Chief and Head Security Officer of the Panama Canal Zone during World War II under Admiral Kingman. He also served as Head of Regional Counter Intelligence for Central and South America and as a lieutenant in the New York City Fire Department. She received her B.Sc. in psychology from New York University, her M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College in 1966, and her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Columbia University. Prior to returning to graduate school, she was Vice President of Publicity and Promotion for Daedalus Productions, which managed Sly and the Family Stone and Peaches & Herb. She managed The Cafe Au Go Go on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York, and was the East Coast representative for Bishop Industries including Joseph Marshall wigs, Plus White Plus toothpaste, and Hazel Bishop makeup.Reinisch taught Intro to Psychology for a time at Rutgers University New Brunswick campus in the early 1980s. She is an elected Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.