Dr. Eli Sheff is an Educational Consultant and Expert Witness Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities.
Image: three black and white hearts nested wtihin each other Are you currently in, or have you been in a consensually non-monogamous relationship (e.g., swinging, polyamorous, or open relationship) and want to contribute to science? My colleagues and I are conducting a study looking at the practices and guidelines that people in CNM relationships follow... Continue Reading →
Image: Cover of journal Sexualities An amazing team of polyamory researchers is putting together a special issue of the journal Sexualities focusing on parenting in polyamorous families. If you are researching or serving parents in polyamorous families, consider submitting an abstract. More info below: Image: Laptop on desk with coffee cup and notebook Photo by... Continue Reading →
Image: Lots of words describing study with blue side. A doctoral student, Melissa Manley in the Department of Psychology at Clark University, is conducting research on parents in polyamorous relationships. If you are interested in participating, check out the details below. ***************************************** Hi all,I am writing to ask for help recruiting for a study on... Continue Reading →
Image: Black cover of journal Sexualities Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Sexualities:Parenting, Polyamory and Consensual Nonmonogamy. Critical and Queer Perspectives.Guest Editors:Daniel Cardoso (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)Christian Klesse (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli (Deakin University, Australia)Michael Raab (Associate Lecturer, Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany)Cornelia Schadler (University of Vienna, Austria)Mimi Schippers... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Image: Hand writing RESEARCH on transparent board There are two new research projects coming out of the powerhouse team associated with Division 44 of the American Psychological Association Task Force on NonMonogamy lead by Drs. Amy Moors and Heath Schechinger. Scholars are recruiting for two new studies aimed at understanding the experiences, well-being, and relationship... Continue Reading →
Image: The word Research spelled out in Scrabble tiles. Researchers at Colorado State University in Pueblo are conducting a study on emotional intelligence and CNM. If you are interested in participating, read more below. _________________________________________________________________________ I am part of a research team at Colorado State University-Pueblo that is conducting research about monogamous and various forms... Continue Reading →
Image: brain half colored and half scientific symbols. A colleague asked me to help publicize the research they're doing for their doctorate in psychology. For more information see below. **************************************************************** My name is Ryan Noel, M.A., and I am a doctoral clinical psychology student at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. This confidential study explores... Continue Reading →
The WHO/HRP and partners are looking for sexual/reproductive health researchers to provide creative ideas that will be used to develop a standardized sexual health survey instrument. Individuals who contribute highly ranked ideas and have relevant experience will be supported to join a 72-hour WHO/HRP hackathon in January, 2020. The hackathon will finalize the sexual health... Continue Reading →
Seeking new Director of Research, contact Emily Prior for more information at emily@positivesexuality.org
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.
