Dr. Panzer is the author of the Free Teens HIV/AIDS, STDs, and Pregnancy Prevention program, founded in 1989 and which exists in ten languages. This multimedia program has been used in 38 states in the U.S.A., Canada, and 70 nations in Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. It has been endorsed by the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information as “scientifically accurate, in conformance with public health principles and policies, appropriate for the intended audience.” In 2004, he cofounded CultureMachine, a youth development program which trains youth to create their own positive media

Richard Panzer is also the author of the Relationship Intelligence curriculum. In an evaluation by the Institute for American Values, the RI curriculum was selected as one of the top three marriage curricula in the country, stating: “Relationship Intelligence provides a clear marriage vision, portraying marriage as the key to personal growth in love, intimacy, and sexual satisfaction.”

In 2009, Dr. Panzer co-authored The War on Intimacy: how agenda –driven sex ed sabotages committed relationships and our nation’s health. This book was endorsed by Professor Robert George at Princeton U., Dr. Ted Green at the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas Lickona, author of Character Matters, Dr. Joseph McIlhaney, founder of The Medical Institute for Sexual Health & Dr. Paul Vitz, Senior Scholar at the Institute for Psychological Sciences.
Richard Panzer also co-authored a children’s book called Mommy, Daddy, Where Do Babies Come From? read by Dr. Laura Schlessinger on her national radio program, the Real Deal on Love, Relationships, and Marriage documentary video/DVD in 2005, the Lovesmart DVD in 2007 and the CultureMachine iMagazine CD-ROM in 2008.

Dr. Panzer has been interviewed on dozens of radio stations nationwide, the Standard News and USA Radio Network, the nationally syndicated Newstalk Television show on teen pregnancies and letters published in the New York Times, Journal of the American Medical Association, and other publications. Free Teens activities have been reported on in Newsweek magazine, the Star-Ledger, Herald News, The Record, Miami Herald and other newspapers.

He has spoken on several college campuses including UC Berkeley, Mercy College, Hofstra University, Mount St. Mary’s College, the State University of New York at New Paltz, Yale University, the University of Texas in Austin, the University of Maryland, and San Francisco State University. A graduate of Yale University, Mr. Panzer is married and the father of 4 children. His doctorate is in the field of Educational Communication and Technology from New York University.

Richard A. Panzer, Ph.D., Founder/Director
Center for Relationship Intelligence
P.O. Box 97, Westwood, NJ 07675
(201) 358-1504, 358-9013 fax, CeMedia@aol.com
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