APA’s Div 44 Task Force on CNM Making News

Image: Consensual NonMonogamy Task Force logo with rainbow colors

In my decades of studying polyamory in the United States I have seen the locus of research shift from the discipline of sociology (pretty much just me for the first 10 years) to psychology, and the Task Force on Consensual NonMonogamy is both a symptom of this shift and a significant driver. As a section of the American Psychological Association, Division 44 focuses on sexual orientation and gender diversity. The Consensual NonMonogamy Task Force is a subsection of Division 44 that utilizes an interdisciplinary team of more than 80 researchers, educators, and community leaders to investigate CNM relationships and make the findings available to clinicians. I am the co-chair of the Legal Issues Committee of the Task Force.

For news about what the CNM Task Force has accomplished, please see our newsletter here

https://www.apadivisions.org/division-44/publications/newsletters/division/2020/04/non-monogamy

Dr. Elisabeth Sheff, PhD, CASA, CSE

One of a handful of global experts on polyamory and the foremost international expert on children in polyamorous families, Dr. Elisabeth Sheff has studied gender and
families of sexual minorities for the last 16 years. Sheff’s television appearances include CNN, and the National Geographic, and she has given more than 20 radio, podcast, print, and television interviews with sources from Radio Slovenia to National Public Radio, the Sunday London Times to the Boston Globe and Newsweek. By emphasizing research methodology and findings in her discussions, Dr. Sheff presents the kind of public intellectualism that encourages audience members to think critically regarding gender, sexualities, and families.

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