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Michael Miner, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health (ISGH). His areas of research include treatment of sex offenders, etiology of sexual abuse, and compulsive sexual behavior. Miner's research has been funded by Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Justice. Beyond his primary research, Miner serves as co-investigator on many federal grants due to his expertise in research design and statistics. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on sex offender treatment, forensic assessment, instrument development, and evaluation methodology. His clinical work includes sex offender treatment and relationship and sexual dysfunction. Miner is past vice president of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers and is past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. He received the Profession Service Award from the Minnesota Chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Miner received his PhD from St. Louis University.