Dr. Eli Sheff is an Educational Consultant and Expert Witness Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities.
Image: Logo for Center for Positive Sexuality, words written in purple on white background Volunteer Opportunity: Director of Research The Center for Positive Sexuality (Los Angeles) is seeking a new Director of Research. This position counts as very high quality academic service to the profession and therefore may be of particular interest to a full-time... Continue Reading →
Image: Colorful cartoon of woman with long brown hair and the words Love, Sex, Relationships & Money above a heart with the words Rebel Love inside Recently the folks at Rebel Love podcast interviewed me about polyamorous families and the Bonding Project -- check it out here 🙂 https://rebellove.com/ep46sheff
Image: O.school logo with blue O and black .school Amanda Sherker with O.school recently interviewed me about the many different ways people define and do monogamy - check it out if you are interested https://www.o.school/article/monogamous-definition Image: Two people kissing, appear to be a Black man and a Latino man.
Image: KFI News logo with tall tower on left and call sign in black lettering I recently did an interview with Dr. Wendy Walsh for her live talk radio show in Los Angeles and she asked me about Trevor Baur, consent, polyamory, and the Bonding Project. You can check it out at <iframe allow="autoplay" width="100%"... Continue Reading →
Image: Pairs with Life logo with person appears white male holding wine bottle up to his eye The podcast is now LIVE! You can link to it here:https://pairswithlife.net/podcast/pairs-with-polyamory-and-fogelson-vineyard-cabernet/ Here's the podcast on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prx5Fxoh4ck And here's the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdef5etr9Vk&t=5s
Image: two stick figures with a conversation bubble between them with an image of them in bed together My most recent blog on Psychology Today explains the importance of consent in kinky and polyamorous relationships, and how kinksters have taken the lead in creating clear guidelines for consent. It is the first time one of... Continue Reading →
Image: O.school logo with blue O and black .school Amanda Scherker from O.School originally interviewed me about polyamory and I mentioned relationship anarchy, which sent her down another path to a fresh article 🙂 Check out the article on relationship anarchy at  https://www.o.school/article/what-is-relationship-anarchy
Logo for 4th NonMonogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Econference #eNMCI2021 Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies goes online 24-26 September 2021 http://www.nmciconference.com Due to the changes and uncertainties created by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the original plan, laid out in 2019, to have the 4th NMCI in Chile was postponed, but not abandoned. In the meantime, there have... Continue Reading →
Image: A green cartoon couch that looks like a conversation bubble in comics. Lauren Buongiovanni, a self-described "thrill-seeking, psychological expert,"Â interviewed Dr. Eli Sheff for her new show, Off The Couch. You can find those mini-episodes here, as well as Lauren's other interviews on interesting topics like sex, marriage, fidelity, online dating, celibacy, and other diverse... Continue Reading →
Image: Screen shot of red heart surrounded by words Honesty, Trust, Respect with arrows leading in a circle My newest post on Psychology Today​ is the second in a series on the overlap between polyamory/consensual nonmonogamies and BDSM. It got promoted to an Essential Topic -- wahoo! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/202108/3-things-kinksters-and-polyamorists-value-highly
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.
