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Stephen Juan (born 1949) is an Australian scientist, educator, journalist, author, and media personality. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology, an M.A. in Education, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology & Education from the University of California at Berkeley.
Career
Born in the Napa Valley, California, Juan settled in Australia and began teaching at the University of Sydney in 1978 in the Department of Education which is now the Faculty of Education and Social Work. He retired in 2009 but remains the Ashley Montagu Fellow for the Public Understanding of Human Sciences.
Juan has written thirteen books including The Odd Body 1, 2 & 3, The Odd Brain, The Odd Sex, and Can Kissing Make You Live Longer? as well as writing columns in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald (Sydney), The Daily News (New York), The Register (London), and The National Post (Toronto). His various books have been translated into numerous languages. The Odd Body published in 1995 appears in 27 languages. The Russian language version of The Essential Odd Body, the combined edition of The Odd Body and The Odd Body 2, was on the best-seller list for 47 weeks in 2008-2009 with 69,000 copies in print. His 13th book, Who's Afraid of Butterflies? Our Fears and Phobias Named and Explained, was published in June 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers Australia.
As of 2011 he is a regular contributor to "Today" on the National Nine TV Network in Australia and consults for and appears in 10 of the 11 episodes of the fifth series of the documentary series "Taboo" on the National Geographic Channel.
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